The Last Chance Claim is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Last Chance Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Virtue
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification & Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AT DEPTH OF 40 FT. THE LAST ASSAY GAVE $5.60
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 40-FOOT SHAFTS AND SHORT DRIFTS. ONE 200-FOOT TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY CRUSHED AND FAULTED.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATION OF ENCINA ON THE RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY NO. 30, AT POINT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKER.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 107
Oregon Gold
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