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Jupiter

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101993
MRDS ID DC10767
Record type Site
Current site name Jupiter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29894, 45.88073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 006W 36 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29894, 45.88073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 50 N
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT FISSURE, 300 FT LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Costello
    Home office Phillipsburg
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1945 AND 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT SHAFT IS CAVED. 2 ADITS, 38 AND 150 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINE AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-20-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON ROBY, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16

  • Production

    MBMG BULL. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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