Last Chance Lode

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091794
MRDS ID FS00300
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63248, 45.0738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 1.75 MILES N OF PARKER PT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THIS CLAIM IS PART OF A GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL EXAMINER FEELS THIS DOES CONSTITUTE A VALID CLAIM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - 2.2 OZ/TON AG .4 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63248, 45.0738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Crevasse

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank J. Miller

Comments on the workings information

  • IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE ABOUT TEN OPEN CUTS AND A TUNNEL. THESE EXPOSE SMALL QUARTZ VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS CLAIM IS CONSIDERED TO BE A VALID DISCOVERY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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