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Jumper No. 1 Claim

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101562
MRDS ID D004812
Record type Site
Current site name Jumper No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.73536, 45.561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 15 AIR MILES NSW OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isaac Meadows(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 003S 007W 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF NW 1/4 SECTION 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Group
    Rock description Lemhi Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.73536, 45.561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONCENTRIC MASS
    Length 60.96M
    Width 36.58M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SYENITE PORPHYRY FLOAT FOUND IN VICINITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Elmo Shoup
    Home office Salmon, Id.
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST-WEST OPEN PIT ACROSS THE MASS, AND PENETRATING ABOUT 30 FEET BELOW THE TOP.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 38

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP MEASURES 200 X 120 FT. A ZONE OF NEARLY PURE SPECULARITE AS MUCH AS 15 FEET ACROSS IS EXPOSED BY A CUT. ZONE IS APPARENTLY A CORE OF THE LARGER MASS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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