Mine detail: Last Chance Mine

Previously called 'Rat Hole ProspectBluebird Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.3399, -117.87179

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940-1942
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Koipato Group
Host type:	Sandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Fault, Fracture Sets (Ne)
Alteration processes:	Local Silicification, Bleaching, Argillization Along Joints.

References

MRDS	M055272
DEP	10040470
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.; NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R.3., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG PROPERTIES OF NEVADA.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)