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Last Chance

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002805
MRDS ID A015275
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.99489, 64.87466 (WGS84)
Relative position The Last Chance mine is located in the NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 32, T. 1 N., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is near the head of Saint Patrick Creek at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. It is about 1.8 miles east-southeast of the top of Ester Dome. This mine is included in locality 17 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.99489, 64.87466
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold has been produced from a steeply dipping quartz vein that is two feet thick and contains arsenopyrite, stibnite, and visible gold. The vein strikes northeast and dips steeply northward (Davis, 1922, p. 59; Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D18). One hundred and twenty-five tons of ore were mined from short drifts off a 60-foot shaft; the ore reportedly ran $30 in gold per ton (about 0.048 ounce of gold per ton) (Davis, 1922, p. 59-60).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = One hundred twenty-five tons of ore were mined from short drifts from a 60-foot shaft; the ore reportedly assayed $30 in gold per ton (about 1.45 ounces of gold per ton) (Davis, 1922, p. 59-60).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = One hundred twenty-five tons of ore were mined from short drifts off a 60-foot shaft (Davis, 1922, p. 59-60).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Davis, 1922

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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