The First Chance is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.03889, -110.60611
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First Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: First Chance
Secondary: Lewis-Mcbride
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mcbride (Estate)
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Owner Name: Lafe Dryden
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritized Locally
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-AS-W ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE FOUND ON DUMPS. QUARTZ LENSES CONTAIN ORE.
Comment (Deposit): 1500 FEET UNDERGROUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS-JARDINE-CREVASSE DIST., PARK CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 107
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS-PARIC CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P 82, 37
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 7546
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, ETAL, BULL 1391-B
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
