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Jardine Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105724
MRDS ID W014722
Record type Site
Current site name Jardine Mine
Related records 10245632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.62025, 45.06824 (WGS84)
Elevation 2298
Relative position LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE OF MINERAL HILL OVERLOOKING JARDINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 09,10,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • U.T.M. MEASUREMENTS ON UPPERMOST SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Volcanics-Rhyolite And Tuff;Granite Stock, Pegmatite And Aplite Sills;Gabbro And Diabase Sills And Stocks
    Rock description Volcanics-Rhyolite And Tuff;Granite Stock, Pegmatite And Aplite Sills;Gabbro And Diabase Sills And Stocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Qtz. Biotite Schist, Qtz.-Cummingtonite Schist;Biotite Quartzite
    Rock description Qtz. Biotite Schist, Qtz.-Cummingtonite Schist;Biotite Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.62025, 45.06824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gardiner Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Anticline With Well Developed Cross Folding

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR - TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip W
    Length 1500M
    Width 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticlinal Folds Along With Host Rock Composition Influenced Form, Distribution, & Type Of Deposition Stock Genetically Associated With Ore-Bearing Lodes

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEIN TYPES FOUND IN JARDINE LODES. QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH QTZ. SCHISTS & QUARTZITES AND HAVE ERRATIC METAL CONTENTS. ARSENOPYRITE VEINS ASSOC. WITH THE CUMMINGTONITE - HAVE CONSISTENT GOLD CONTENT AND HIGH TENOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer James Graham And Joe Brown
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Jardine (Sheepeater) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard B. Blankenship, Jardine Mt

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1899-1948
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 60 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 60wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1899 - 1948
    Material AS
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 0.7 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Arsenic Arsenic 1wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1899 - 1948
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.04 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1g/mt
  • Year 1948
    Period 1899 - 1948
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL GOLD PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1902 ESTIMATED TO BE MORE THAN 50,000 TOZ (USGS BULL. 1391-B). USING THIS FIGURE WOULD GIVE A TOTAL GOLD PRODUCTION OF OVER 200,000 TOZ. TUNGSTEN IN HIGH-GRADE PODS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REED SUGGESTS SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL RESOURCES BUT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF DEPOSIT.
  • ESTIMATION OF RESERVES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OWING TO STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY AND ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION OF VALUES. ABOVE FIGURE IS COMBINED MEASURED & INDICATED RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12000M

Comments on the workings information

  • LODES DEVELOPED BY OVER 30 ADITS AND 4 MAIN CUTS. THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 MAJOR VEINS - IRREGULARLY SPACED WITHIN THE LODES - FORMING AN EN ECHELON PATTERN. THEY VARY FROM A FEW CM TO 5 M WIDE.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED (1975-76) BY ANACONDA MINING COMPANY. WORK INCLUDES SAMPLING AND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, & TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE - CREVASSE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23. , P. 78.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1391-B

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 114.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 23, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1944-1948

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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