Mine detail: Last Chance Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.35049, -114.33372

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc, Silver
Ore: Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Bayhorse Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Local Faulting

References

MRDSW014342
MAS160370342
DEP10071118
Reference{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bay Horse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P}{Deposit:: 1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 87}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 511, P. 225.}{Production:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), McHugh, Edward L.