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Last Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010525
MRDS ID D004282
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect
Related records 10123613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.32167, 45.30185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position 1.75 AIR MILES SOUTH OF WILSON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallatin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 003E 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN A SMALL SADDLE NEAR THE HEAD OF CRAIL CREEK IN NW/4 SW/4 SEC 23.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ANY MINERALS WERE DETECTED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.32167, 45.30185
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, CALKINS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SPANISH PEAKS AREA, MONT., USGS BULL 1230-B, P. 38

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON BECRAFT, CALKINS, BULL 1230-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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