Last Chance

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022913
MRDS ID FS00428
MAS/MILS ID 0160370208
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79923, 44.23409 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casino Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 014E 34 S2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1960 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79923, 44.23409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Plumb, 1960, US Forest Service Report Of Mineral Examination

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of Challis Quad, 1986 (2nd Ed.), Mitchell, No. 983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Claim Is Difficult To Work Because of Large Boulders In the Area

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service
Reporter 04-AUG-1988 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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