The Wake Up Jim Mine is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,217 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,217 Feet (1,895 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.02361, -112.52361
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Wake Up Jim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wake Up Jim Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, 100 FT LEVELS
Comment (Location): IT IS BETWEEN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN AND E. GREY ROCK MINES.
Comment (Deposit): 2 SETS OF FISSURES, NEAR THE SURFACE APPEARS TO HAVE CONCENTRATED MAINLY ON THE NE FRACTURES, BUT BELOW ON THE 400-FT LEVEL THE LODE TRENDS SE, THE NE FISSURES CONSITITUTING ONLY SPUR VEINS. A SPUR VEIN 80 FT W OF THE SHAFT, WHICH IN PLACES IT IS 5 FT WIDE, AND CARRIES CHALCOCITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 171, PL. X
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.
