| Deposit ID | 10102954 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014828 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance Mine |
| Related records | 10176791 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.26466, 44.87041 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)
John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 036E | 14 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH GRADE TO PAY OPERATING EXPENSES. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.26466, 44.87041 |
|---|
| Strike | N 50 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 SE |
| Length | 15.24M |
| Width | 0.46M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cable Cove |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014828 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230061 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 20
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 16 .
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 ,P. 70 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH GRADE TO PAY OPERATING EXPENSES. |
| Deposit | CONSV. RECORD ( M014826 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1980 | Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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