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Last Chance Claim

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silica, Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019268
MRDS ID DC09348
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Claim
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Tailings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29759, 46.39989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON FINT CR JUST N OF SAWMILL CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 014W 36 CENTER OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SLOPE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silica Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $30 IN AU, AG (1900)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29759, 46.39989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 85 NW
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name John Long Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Lure, William R. (Tailings)
    Home office Box 5, Philipsburg, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bennett Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL IS 55 FT BELOW OUTCROP OF THE LODE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 261.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 58, P. 16

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 58, P. 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE ACROSS BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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