The Jetty Mine is a silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Jetty Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jetty Mine
Secondary: Balkan Lode
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Olson Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.8% SIL
Analytical Data: NIL F
Analytical Data: SAMPLE #1- 95.4% BA
Analytical Data: 0.2% ZN.
Analytical Data: 6.6% PB
Analytical Data: 4.5OZ AG
Analytical Data: 56.0% SIL
Analytical Data: 21.2% F
Analytical Data: SAMPLE #3- 17.0% BA
Analytical Data: TR ZN
Analytical Data: 1.4% PB
Analytical Data: 0.2 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Boulangerite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS,
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ IN UPPER ADIT, FLUORITE IN MIDDLE ADITS, BARITE IN LOWER ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG INF CIRC 22, P. 26.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 244
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 28, P. 6, 17, 18.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
