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Last Chance Claim

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032666
MRDS ID M014315
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Claim
Related records 10200636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65325, 44.72458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 041E 2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATION OF ENCINA ON THE RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY NO. 30, AT POINT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification & Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AT DEPTH OF 40 FT. THE LAST ASSAY GAVE $5.60

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65325, 44.72458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W 80 E
    Dip 60 S
    Width 0.25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY CRUSHED AND FAULTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 40-FOOT SHAFTS AND SHORT DRIFTS. ONE 200-FOOT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 107

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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