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Last Chance Group Prospect

Prospect in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070361
MRDS ID W013252
MAS/MILS ID 0160310070
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.63977, 42.19461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 9 1/2 MI. S.W. OF CONNOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014S 024E 22 C NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • High Ridge Between Head Of Grape Cr. And Green Cr., 1 Mi N.E. Of Cache Peak.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Cassia Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Cassia Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harrison Series, Quartzite
    Rock description Harrison Series, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.63977, 42.19461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PATCHES
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stokes District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Cuts And A Shallow Shaft

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1931, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Eastern Cassia County, Id: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 14., 169 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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