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Last Chance

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035910
MRDS ID M023863
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance
Related records 10238303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.7436, 40.74429 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 MI. N. DEADWOOD SITE OFF SOUTH FORK OF EASTMAN GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 008W 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP RANGE AND SECTION. LOCATION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.7436, 40.74429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60-80S
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, BUT CLAIMED PRODUCTION OF $20,000

Comments on the workings information

  • 220 FT. ADIT, 250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 1 STOPE. WORKED FOR POCKETS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 894

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1912, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540, P. 70-71

  • Production

    BROWN (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN. ORE SHOOTS PITCH AT FLAT ANGLE TO EAST. VEINS SHOW SLIPPING ALONG BOTH WALLS AND THERE IS ALWAYS GOUGE PRESENT, LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES. PRESENCE OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE IN VEINS USUALLY INDICATED RICH ORE PRESENT.
Deposit 60 ACRES. SEE BROWN BEAR MINE; PART OF ITS HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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