Last Chance Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Thorium, REE, Titanium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093618
MRDS ID W015403
MAS/MILS ID 0160590484
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0733, 45.3961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3.25 MI SSE OF ULYSSES MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 020E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On upper canyon slope of Salmon River across from mouth of Dump Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Spotty radioactivity over monazite; Allanite has high radioactivity

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Xenotime Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Epidote, Clinozoisite, Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Amphibolized Gabbroic Rock
    Rock description Amphibolized Gabbroic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schistose, Gneissic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0733, 45.3961

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Weak Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form THIN SEAMS, PODS, BUNCHLIKE CLUSTERS, STREAKS
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Brown, Ralph Malloy

Comments on development

  • 12 claims in group

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P

  • Deposit

    USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SW of deposit described above is small monazite occurrence which strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 70 Deg SW, found in sandstone - like rock in schist
Deposit Author Anderson states 2 contrasting, unrelated types of mineralization, shear zones and pegmatites in part in amphibolized gabbroic rock and in part in schistose and gneissic rocks.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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