First Chance

The First Chance is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: First Chance  

State:  Montana

County:  Park

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

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.