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Jackrabbit Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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 10089453
MRDS ID W026549
Record type Site
Current site name Jackrabbit Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Rabbit Mine
Related records 10148909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6006, 45.64629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 008W 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON PUBLIC LANDS AS OF FEBRUARY 1 , 1967

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.6006, 45.64629
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge (-) 30 DEG
    Plunge direction S 30 W
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 274.32M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology & Collapse Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melrose (Camp Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Laughlin, James

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL HAND OPERATION, INACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC CLERNAN, H. G., 1977 , METALLOGENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CAMBRIAN CARBONATE ROCKS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, UNPUB. PH.D DISSERT., UNIV. OF IDAHO

  • Deposit

    1977 GEOLMAP MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    1977 OTHER MONT. BUR. MINE & GEOLOGY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Mc Clernan, Henry G.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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