The Last Chance Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Last Chance Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Creek Placer
Secondary: Hazel Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING: 1900, 1903, 1914, 1916, AND 1924; 19 PLACER CLAIMS ENTRY YEAR: 1929; LAST YEAR ACTIVE: 1961.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: GRAPHITIC, CALCAREOUS, AND CHLORITE-MICA SCHISTS INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES REFERENCES TO HAZEL G., TRIB. OF LAST CHANCE CR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS OFR 506, MAP OF NOME (C-2) QUAD.; PLACER SYMBOL AT MIDPOINT OF 1 MILE STRETCH OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG LAST CHANCE CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 197.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 87
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 455.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 253.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 506, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 31, LOC. 399.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-89
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