Last Chance Creek Placer

The Last Chance Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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