Mine detail: Last Chance Mine

Previously called 'Peifer QuarryUnpatented Claim: Peifer'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.44556, -107.38731

Resource(N)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1937
Last production ended: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, Gunnison Uplift, Cimarron Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011385
DEP10014560
Reference{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH 1942-1944: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 80-81.}{Deposit:: HANSEN, W.R., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON RIVER AND VICINITY, WESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-584.}{Deposit:: ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 165.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS. AND INF. REPTS.; ARGALL, 1949, P. 165}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.