The Peerless Jennie Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.43111, -112.24000
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Peerless Jennie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peerless Jennie Mine
Secondary: Peerless Mine
Secondary: Pearless Jenny Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized And Slightly Pyritized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY. SURFACE ORE
Analytical Data: $12/TON AG, PB, ZN ORE IN 1925-1926. DUMPS MAY HAVE $9-10 PB, AG, ZN PER TON.
Analytical Data: 50 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 900 OZ/TON AG, 200 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 500 OZ/TON AG. ASSAY. UNDER GROUND
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, CROSSCUT, AND RAISE. FLOODED WINZE BELOW CROSSCUT NORTH OF VEIN.
Comment (Production): WORKED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN THE DAYS OF EARLY MINING, MAINLY FOR SILVER. DURING 1920'S AND 1930'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE TRACEABLE ON THE SURFACE FOR 1 MI. AS A WIDE ALTERED, AND WEATHERED ZONE LOCALLY STAINED WITH HEMATITE OR MARKED BY QUARTZ OUTCROPS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 258.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 61, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 84.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 428, P. 61.
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.
