Last Chance Number Five Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096301
MRDS ID W014189
MAS/MILS ID 0160370199
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Number Five Prospect
Alternate or previous names Last Chance No. 5 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62812, 44.19239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 15.5 MI E OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 016E 18 E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located 1 Mi Up Last Chance Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS SHEAR ZONE: \n0.1 OZ AG/TON\n0.16% ZN.
Result SELECT GRAB SAMPLE: \n4.0% ZN, \nMINOR AU, AG, PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzites;Milligen Formation-Carbonaceous Argillites
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzites;Milligen Formation-Carbonaceous Argillites

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks (Mississippian).

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip STEEPLY E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • Faults Strike N - S, Dip Steeply E.

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 Boulder Cr. District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Uncaved Adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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