Jackson Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10196486
MRDS ID D004813
MAS/MILS ID 0300010139
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine
Related records 10010825

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.66651, 45.28709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 006 S 017 W 27 NWSENE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.66651, 45.28709

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA CONSISTS OF 1 CAVED ADIT & 3 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG 1C 20, 1957, P.5

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS BEAVERHEAD CO.,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: MBMG BULL.85, P.36

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 134.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-94 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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