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Copper Jack Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019402
MRDS ID DC09944
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Jack Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2837, 46.35378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2KM NE OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 18 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 600 FT E OF THE SUMMIT OF RED HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM CROSSCUT ABOUT 2% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2837, 46.35378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTTOM OF SHAFT A 50FT CROSSCUT HAS BEEN DRIVEN; 0.25MI NE A CROSSCUT TUNNEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN W 500 FT INTO METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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