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Caribou, Last Chance Lode

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160771
MRDS ID A002237
MAS/MILS ID 0020660022
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou, Last Chance Lode
Alternate or previous names Caribou, Last Chance Caribou Mouth, Last Chance Creek Lode No. 1-6, Last Chance Mine, Caribou Lode, Pioneer, Last Chance 1 South

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.80509, 63.60567 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 015 S 017 W 23 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.80509, 63.60567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 60N
    Length 46M
    Width 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30E:60N
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor, Arley
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Inferred 56899mt ore
    Total resources 56899mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony Sb 14.3 wt-pct Antimony Major 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS CRIB D002718 Workings consist of a 45.7 m long open cut, a 2.4 m deep shaft, a caved shaft and adit, and a 9.6 m long open adit. Reported production of approximately 63.5 metric tons of select high grade ores and concentrates mined up to 1975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-1989 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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