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Last Chance Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097529
MRDS ID A012887
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Hazel Gulch
Related records 10135782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.52718, 64.72317 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF N. FORK, SNAKE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS OFR 506, MAP OF NOME (C-2) QUAD.; PLACER SYMBOL AT MIDPOINT OF 1 MILE STRETCH OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG LAST CHANCE CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Scheelite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.52718, 64.72317
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: GRAPHITIC, CALCAREOUS, AND CHLORITE-MICA SCHISTS INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING: 1900, 1903, 1914, 1916, AND 1924; 19 PLACER CLAIMS ENTRY YEAR: 1929; LAST YEAR ACTIVE: 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES REFERENCES TO HAZEL G., TRIB. OF LAST CHANCE CR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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