Deposit ID | 10002805 |
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MRDS ID | A015275 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Last Chance |
Geographic coordinates: | -147.99489, 64.87466 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Last Chance mine is located in the NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 32, T. 1 N., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is near the head of Saint Patrick Creek at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. It is about 1.8 miles east-southeast of the top of Ester Dome. This mine is included in locality 17 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Antimony | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
(1) | -147.99489, 64.87466 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Fairbanks |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015275 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | FB060 |
Davis, J.A., 1922, Lode mining in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 58-1, 80 p.
Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 31-JUL-2001 | J.R. Guidetti Schaefer | Avalon Development Corporation | |
Reporter | 31-JUL-2001 | C.J. Freeman | Avalon Development Corporation |