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Last Chance Lode

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022867
MRDS ID FS00369
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81865, 46.28101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1/4 MILE E OF SOUTH FORK LAKES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crow Creek Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 002W 11,14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT. AU - TRACE AG - TRACE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81865, 46.28101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IGNEOUS INTRUSIVES AND EXTRUSIVE RANGE FROM ALGONKIAN TO EARLY TERTIARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Jim Bembrick Leslie Smith

Mining district

District name Radarsburg

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Bembrick, Leslie Smith, Jack Smith

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT NO. 1 CUTS NORTHWARD INTO BEDROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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