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Last Chance/Gold Mountain

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113116
MRDS ID A012310
MAS/MILS ID 0021200133
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance/Gold Mountain
Alternate or previous names Last Chance
Related records 10001562, 10136138

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -132.00069, 55.60914 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 072 S 087 E 24 NWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -132.00069, 55.60914
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-021

  • Deposit

    P1 p. 57

  • Deposit

    B284e pp. 44-45

  • Deposit

    B347 p. 157

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 18-19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON MS 2011 ABOVE LONG ADIT OF OLD GLORY IN CREEK 2 ADITS FOUND OPEN IN 1992. LOCATED ADJACENT TO CREEK QTZ VEINS W/ PY, CPY IN FAULTS IN CHLORITE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-95 Kmm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.