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Jack Pine Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148511
MAS/MILS ID 0300770068
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Pine Mine
Alternate or previous names Trout Creek Mine, Senecals

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.45089, 46.6577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011 N 007 W 35 SESWSW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AREA ALSO INCLUDES SECS 26, 27,34; AND SEC 2 IN TI0N R7W. LOCATION IS U.S. LEASE 086717, 1281 ACRES TO RUSSEL LUKE OF BUTTE MONTANA; ON THE NW FLANK OF THE DOG CREEK SYNCLINE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE UPPER ADIT(LUKE) 612 FT LONG, WITH A RAISE TO THE SURFACE AND A SMALL STOPE; SEWECAL ADIT, 550 FT LONG; 23 TRENCHES EXPOSING THE BEDS AT INTERVALS ALONG MORE THAN 10000 FT OF OUTCROP; AND DIAMOND DRILLING. MOST OF WORK DONE BY BUNKER HILL COMPANY 1960-62. UPPER ADIT: RETORT MEMBER STRIKES N35W, DIP45NE; BED IS 2.3 FT THICK AT 36.8% P205, 5.9 FT THICK AT 25.9% P205. SENECAL ADIT IN 1932 SHIPPED 3 CARS OF ORE AT 36.6% P205, MINED BED 28 INCHS WIDE. 20000 LONG T OF ORE WERE BLOCKED OUT, ESTIMATED RESERVES TOTALED ANOTHER 80000 LONG T. BED IS BROKEN BY MANY FAULTS. BUNKER HILL FOUND 20000-85000 TONS OF ORE COVEREDD BY10-40 FT OF OVERBURDEN. THEY ABANDONED AREA AFTER THOROUGH EXPLORATION SHOWED ORE COULD NOT BE MINED UNDERGROUND WITHOUT EXCESSIVE DILUTION, AND NOT ENOUGH ORE WAS PRESENT TOMINE BY OPEN PIT. SAMPLE LOT 1400 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-F IS LOCATED HERE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.45089, 46.6577
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 20,1960 P 40

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 49,1965 P 47

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, 1965.

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTIONS 26,27,34 AND T10N,R7W SECTION 2.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER

  • Deposit

    313-F, P. 825.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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