Jetty Mine

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008962
MRDS ID D001526
Record type Site
Current site name Jetty Mine
Alternate or previous names Balkan Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08841, 46.1585 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position S. SLOPE OF WARM SPRING VALLEY, 4.8 KM W OF WEST VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 27 CENTER Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE #1- 95.4% BA
Result NIL F
Result 2.8% SIL
Result 0.2 OZ AG
Result 1.4% PB
Result TR ZN
Result SAMPLE #3- 17.0% BA
Result 21.2% F
Result 56.0% SIL
Result 4.5OZ AG
Result 6.6% PB
Result 0.2% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation;Madison Formation
    Rock description Quadrant Formation;Madison Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08841, 46.1585

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG INF CIRC 22, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 244

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 28, P. 6, 17, 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ IN UPPER ADIT, FLUORITE IN MIDDLE ADITS, BARITE IN LOWER ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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