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Last Chance Lode

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022892
MRDS ID FS00400
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Lode
Related records 10124461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53673, 46.88851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF CRATER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swede Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 007W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTHOUGH THE CLAIM IS IN A MINERALIZED AREA, IT SHOWS LITTLE VALUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - .01 OZ/TON AG - TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53673, 46.88851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Peak Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN APLITE DIKE CUTS THRU THE CLAIM AND IS PROBABLY A POST-MAGMATIC OCCURENCE FROM THE BOULDER BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Jack Rowe

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonard Koski

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT HOLE 5 FEET WIDE BY 30 FEET LONG TO A 6 FOOT FACE. NO VEIN WAS EXPOSED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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