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Last Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072059
MRDS ID W015885
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect
Alternate or previous names Early Bird
Related records 10144643

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73324, 46.95096 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF HARVARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 003W 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF JEROME CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.73324, 46.95096
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Walton Brothers

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George B. O'Brien

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 49

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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