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Jahnke Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197020
MRDS ID W013403
MAS/MILS ID 0300010032
Record type Site
Current site name Jahnke Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain Oreway, Straight Tip, Potomac, Wabash, Mt. Vernon, Good Hope, Ranger
Related records 10070460

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.58981, 45.18209 (WGS84)
Elevation 2783
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

Goldstone Pass(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 007 S 016 W 32 NWNWSE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.58981, 45.18209
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS (TOTALING 1, 397 FT) & 13 PITS & TRENCHES NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1914 HAVE PLACED THE WORKINGS AT ABOUT 9,000 FT TO 10,000 FT ELEV ALONG THE CREST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, & THE MINERAL SURVEY NOTES OF 1902 ALSO SHOW THE CLAIMS TO BE ALONG THE CREST, HOWEVER, THE PATENTED CLAIM BOUNDARIES SHOWN ON CURRENT BLM RECORDS & FOREST SERVICE MAPS ARE PLACED 800 TO 1,200 FT BELOW THE CREST, PROBABLY IN ERROR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, D.R., 1975, STRAGRAPHY & STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN Y

  • Deposit

    (BELT ?) METASEDIMENTARY & ASSOCIATED ROCKS, GOLDSTONE

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAIN QUAD, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY

  • Deposit

    MONTANA; PH.D, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD,OHIO,P.187,190,191

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA & ADJACENT AREAS; USGS BULL.574, P.77

  • Deposit

    WALKER, D.D., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WESTERN MONTANA;

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6334, P.5, 8, 9

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, MONTANA; MBMG BULL.85, P.36, 37

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, OREN, 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD;

  • Deposit

    MS. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P.280-282

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 80-96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-1994 Lipton, David A. 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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