First Chance

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019010
MRDS ID DC08180
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance
Alternate or previous names Lewis-Mcbride

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60692, 45.0388 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF JARDINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(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 22 N2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritized Locally

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Schist and gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N
    Dip 10E
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE FOUND ON DUMPS. QUARTZ LENSES CONTAIN ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ITEM 1: 1938-1939

Mining district

District name Crevasse District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lafe Dryden
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mcbride (Estate)
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-AS-W ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS-JARDINE-CREVASSE DIST., PARK CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 107

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS-PARIC CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P 82, 37

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, ETAL, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1500 FEET UNDERGROUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references