Jahnke Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070460
MRDS ID W013403
Record type Site
Current site name Jahnke Mine
Alternate or previous names Montana Oreway, Straight Tip
Related records 10197020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58785, 45.18906 (WGS84)
Elevation 2676
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES S - SW OF JACKSON, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 016W 32 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58785, 45.18906

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sill, As Much As 100-Ft. Wide

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ STRINGERS
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Zone Is Below Sill

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN DIORITE SILL IN QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Frank Benson

Mining district

District name Beaverhead Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John L. Rankine

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES REFER TO A MINE CALLED STRAIGHT TIP. GEACH ASSUMES STRAIGHT TIP MINE IS THE JANKE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3064-FT ADIT DRIVEN IN 1909 FAILED TO INTERSECT VEIN. TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, 50 AND 150-FT. LONG, EXPLORED VEINS IN 1940-41.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, O., 1941 MA THESIS, MT STATE UNIV., P. 280

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972, MBMG BULL. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE EXPOSURES OCCUR NEAR MOUNTAIN CREST, WHERE SEVERAL VEINS PARALLEL BEDDING AND INTERSECT VERTICAL VEINS.
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS; THE GOOD HOPE, WABASH, MT. VERNON, RANGER, AND POTOMAC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references