| Deposit ID | 10015844 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peerless Jennie Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Peerless Mine, Pearless Jenny Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24088, 46.43101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2286 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES SOUTH OF RIMINI, NEAR THE DIVIDE AT THE HEAD OF TEN MILE CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 005W | 21 | NW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY. SURFACE ORE |
|---|---|
| Result | 50 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 900 OZ/TON AG, 200 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 500 OZ/TON AG. ASSAY. UNDER GROUND |
| Result | $12/TON AG, PB, ZN ORE IN 1925-1926. DUMPS MAY HAVE $9-10 PB, AG, ZN PER TON. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith) | ||||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.24088, 46.43101 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Strike | N70W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70N |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rimini District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 134.11M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02101 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 258.
USGS PP 428, P. 61, PL. 1.
USGS BULL 527, P. 84.
USGS PP 428, P. 61.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE TRACEABLE ON THE SURFACE FOR 1 MI. AS A WIDE ALTERED, AND WEATHERED ZONE LOCALLY STAINED WITH HEMATITE OR MARKED BY QUARTZ OUTCROPS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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