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Golden Hawk Lode Claim 20.66 acre Gold & Silver Lode Claim For Finance or Sale The Golden Hawk claim features two separate mine shafts that produced primarily silver and … |
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1200 Acres Placer Alaska State Mining Claims Active mining ground permitted with equipment. The claim block is 1/2 mile wide by 2.5 miles long, the bedrock is about 20 feet and the p … |
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Historic Gold-Copper Mine for sale Kirk Gold Prospect The gold was discovered here in early 20th century. From 1919 -1921 the property was devel … |
Featured Copper, Gold, Silver Canada, Ontario |
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Granite Creek Rare Opportunity - Long License |
Featured Gold Canada, Yukon |
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Corral Canyon Resources Gold Exploration Project Crescent Valley NV 4,400 acres of fee simple land/claims CCR is a land and claims package that is the southeast extension of Fire Creek (the crown … |
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Lower Grandview Mine 20 Acre Oregon Mining Claim For Sale The potential output of the Grandview mine is truly astounding. 20 Lode Mining and One Mil … |
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Nevada Gold Mine Gold Mine with Deeded Acres and Documentation The asset has parcels in both Esmeralda and Nye Counties of Nevada. This is a known region … |
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Prime Bluestone Quarry Portfolio TWO TRACTS TOTALING 905± ACRES THROUGHOUT SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY The area is home to the highly sought-after Pennsylvania bluestone, found only in the nort … |
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Hidden Valley Organic Fertilizer Deposit Own a rich fertilizer deposit during increasing worldwide fertilizer demand Hidden Valley is rich with ancient macro and micro volcanic mineral nutrients ideal for so … |
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Enviro-Gold Placer mine for Sale, Joint Venture, or lease. Mine is located 11 kilometers from newly developed Victoria Golds hard rock mine.The creek … |
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Goldfinch Mine 3 adits, quartz veins, good access The Goldfinch mining claim consists of one (1) unpatented lode claim covering 20.66 acres … |
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Melba Creek Gold Mine Proven Placer Claims Priced to Sell Located in Yukon, Canada. Proven Placer claim priced to sell. 2.21 Miles square is the siz … |
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Emerald Mining Property in Brazil Rich in Reserves and quality The emerald mine held by the company is rich in reserves and the product quality is very g … |
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Fantastic Placer Mining Opportunity Complete First-class Turnkey Operation, producing claims and virgin ground Ready-to-go immediately. Ability to produce 1,000 ounces Au in first year on existing Domi … |
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Arizona BLM Placer Claims For Sale Geological PHD audited geological reports! 2,240 Acres (112-20ac claims) easy access level placer BLM claims in the famous mineral ri … |
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Palmer Goldfields Operational Project A$4,000,000 million Large group high grade ML's x17 & 60sq klms exclusive exploration ; Estimated resource 2.5 million LCM; Palmer Gold some of the purest natural gold in the world – Assays 97-98% pure gold! 17 ML’ … |
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Historic N. Calif. Gold Mines With ICO Opportunity Historic Siskiyou Co. Ca. Gold Mine Both mines are located on a tributary of the Salmon River in Siskiyou County, Calif, not f … |
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Pinal County Placer Claims For Sale 3.5 SQ MILES OF SURFACE PRECIOUS METALS PLACER CLAIMS Some of the largest mines in America are in Pinal Co, AZ!! Preliminary Estimates: $3,589,9 … |
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The Scribner Creek Dawson City 6 Gold Claims For Sale on Scribner Creek Scribner creek has easy access, proven gold, and is well suited for mining. There are 6 cl … |
Featured Gold Canada, Yukon |
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Cinzano Gold Mine Looking for investor loan to help set up a very profitable gold and silver mining operation for the next 30 years Cinzano secured a profitable gold and silver mine in Mexico that was being hand-mined … |
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Gold Claims in Uchi Belt Ontario Canada Junior Mining Companies Central Uchi Belt Lode Gold- Property For Option in Northwesterb Ontario Near Picklec Lake … |
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Alaska Placer Gold Mine – Active and Ready to Go Gold, Turnkey, Partial Trade, Equipment, Permits, Camp, Active & Ready to Go The area is rich in gold mining history, beginning in 1910. Anvil Creek claims consist of … |
Featured Gold Alaska, USA |
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Sixtymile River Claims Alluvial Gold Placer Claims For Sale - Yukon-Canada 650 Claims Available. Area has been actively mined for 120 years. Remaining claims have ha … |
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Diatomaceous Earth (amorphous silica) Mining Lease Diatomaceous Earth (amorphous silica) Mining Lease for Sale Diatomaceous Earth (Amorphous Silica) mining lease for sale. Currently marketed at $250 – … |
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Boundary Red Mountain Mine Patented Gold Mine For Sale - USA Previously Producing Patented Gold Mine for Sale in the USA. $1.6 Billion Estimated & Infe … |
Featured Gold, Silver USA, Washington |
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Bon Ton Gold Mine The Bon Ton Gold Mine |
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Sometimes gem mines are more valuable than gold mines. The Last Chance is a pegmatite wonderland, Pegmatite is known for producing gemstones such as various garnet, beryls, tourmaline and even emeralds. The lode here is from 5-18? wide, the colors and size of the crystals are varied and contain a lot of mica. Further workings were developed on the east side of the road sometime past 1950, and show a continuation of the same lode exposed on the west side of the road. The workings are open and ready for examination and separation.
If you have never mined for gemstones, its a simple process simply break out the lode section, hand-separate your muck with an eye for the gem quality material. Discard the waste and use a small hammer and chisel to break out the gem stones.
The Last Chance claim is located on an easy 2WD dirt road that leads out towards Turret, Colorado. The town of Turret ensures that the county clears the road on a regular basis during the heavy snows.
There is wood and trees on the claim and also water, which is rare in this environment. Perfect for washing your separated material and identifying gemstones.
The site is remote enough that you won't be bothered, but only a short drive of 11 miles into Salida for supplies. This is a site that has produced gem quality stones and the wide open lode has plenty more to develop.
Near Salida, Colorado, USA.
The Last Chance was a popular name. The mine was re-named as the Old Glory in 1939-40. The mine is an open type operation that has exposed a large vein of pegmatite. There is extensive mica in the pegmatite which is a good indicator of gem material. The claim has been developed by an open cut of approximately 30? wide and 150? long. The cut exposes some very impressive deposits and there is a lot to work here. It appears the 1950’s operation was more interested in sheet mica and not so much in gems. There are a lot of bits of garnet/beryl crystals discarded around the tipple.
There is a solid old workshop on the claim with an intact roof and locking door. This would be ideal to utilize for machinery and such in support of the mining operation. A loading ramp and tipple also make it an ideal spot for packing out your material in bulk. There is another shaft and 3 digs across the road from the Last Chance “proper”. These workings have not been described in any historical journals but are reported to be of similar composition as below. There were more crystalline features in the pegmatite of the western workings according to our field reports.
There is excellent year round access although the claim sits at a high elevation and will get chilly. The views and location are ideal and it’s a gem mine. No crushing gold, no processing. Just gems that can be easily sold to dealers or online.
The claim is noted in “Pegmatite investigations in Colorado Wyoming, and Utah. Circa 1942-44 (Pages 23-24)”
The Last Chance Spar-Mica Dyke prospect, now known as the Old Glory claim, is owned by Walter Record of Turret. The pegmatite is 100 yards west of the road, 4 miles south of Turret, at the head of the steep grade of the Turret road just north of Railroad Gulch. Three small cuts have been made in the poorly ex-posed pegmatite. The largest is 26 feet long and 20 feet wide and averages 8 feet in depth. The pegmatite is rudely crescentic in shape. The main arm, about 200 feet long and 40 feet wide, strikes N. 55° W., and the other, about 105 feet long and as much as 35 feet wide, strikes S. 77° W. The pegmatite occurs in gray, coarse-grained granite and contains three distinct zones in addition to a border zone. These zones are listed below in order from the walls to the center of the dike.
Reference:
Hanley, J. B., Heinrich, E. W., Page, L. R., & Colorado Wyoming, U. (1950). Pegmatite investigations in Colorado Wyoming, and Utah 1942-1944. Washington, D. C: Gov. Pr. Off.