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Lucky Jim Beam Group Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019905
MRDS ID DC11898
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Jim Beam Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Shoestring Lode Claims
Related records 10221240

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27923, 45.45156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 8 AIR MILES NE OF JACKSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson Hill(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 004S 014W 25,36,26 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Quartzite

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. P. Jackson
    Home office Jackson, Mt.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. P. Jackson, And R. M. Sheperd
    Home office Jackson, Mt.
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • INCLUDES CANT COOK, CANT PULL, WONT PULL, FRANKIE, AND GARY LEE CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 103, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-25-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONCORDANT TO QUARTZITE BEDDING. COARSE-GRAINED BARITE WITH LIMONITE IN SMALL VUGS. WHITE BARITE XTALS UP TO 3 CM LONG.
Deposit OPEN PIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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