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Jefferson Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019600
MRDS ID DC10919
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14674, 46.37933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.25 MILE ABOVE BOULDER CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 07 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF COPPER CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14674, 46.37933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N67W
    Dip S
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF LOW-GRADE CU; HIGH % OF PB

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, INACCESSIBLE IN 1906

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 25, P. 18.

  • Production

    EMMONS, WM USGS PROF. PAPER 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS ACROSS BEDDING

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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