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Jacobson Meadows

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Tin
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087728
MRDS ID D008836
Record type Site
Current site name Jacobson Meadows
Related records 10124103, 10147806

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04396, 45.5235 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 12 MI NE OF POLARIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maurice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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 004S 012W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE BETWEEN JACOBSON AND ELKHORN CREEKS, EAST OF THEIR CONFLUENCE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite, K-Feldspar

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04396, 45.5235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINLETS CONTAIN DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN FRESH APPEARING ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer Robert C. Pearson

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 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.

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