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Last Chance

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018050
MRDS ID DC04749
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance
Alternate or previous names Pine Shade

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43017, 40.10063 (WGS84)
Relative position IN LONG GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 72W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Mercury Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43017, 40.10063
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MERCURY IN NATIVE FORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT CONSIDERED AN ECONOMIC DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEM. 5059, 1942

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRIMARILY A GOLD MINE. 2-4 LBS HG/TON ORE REPORTED. THREE SAMPLES BY USBM ASSAYED 0.1 LB. OR LESS PER TON OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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