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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042400
MRDS ID M060171
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Jupiter
Related records 10156651

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70028, 48.86679 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 5 MILES SE OF NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 040E 24 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result SOME GALENA CONTAINED 55% PB WITHOUT CONCENTRATION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone-Dolomite
    Rock description Metaline Limestone-Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70028, 48.86679
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Fold Belt, Much Faulted
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding N 40 Deg E, 50 Deg Se

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR , LENS
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Northport District

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS LARGE PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: USGS BULL. P. 54-56

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY; WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 309-310

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 243

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G. 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-412

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC 7872

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY CROSS FRACTURES TREND N 35 DEG W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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