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Jackson Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. 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 10010825
MRDS ID D004813
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine
Related records 10196486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67035, 45.28045 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Youngs Peak(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 006S 017W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SUPPOSED LOCATION, SW OF RIDGE LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz 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 Group
    Rock description Lemhi Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67035, 45.28045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite Bedding Trends N40w, 84sw

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW VEIN
    Length 609.6M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Footwall, Diorite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Beaverhead Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Noel Jackson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT. ADIT, 100 FT OF WHICH IS INACCESSIBLE (1972)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 36

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS FOOTWALL OF DIKE. GOOD GRADE ORE WAS FOUND IN PART OF ADIT NOW FLOODED.

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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