The Gray Jockey Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,940 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: 7,940 Feet (2,420 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.69444, -112.93194
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Gray Jockey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gray Jockey Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mabel Martin Jacob And Others
Production
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1917 - 1965
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Less Than 1 %
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1917 - 1965
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10.5 Oz/St
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1917 - 1965
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.08 Oz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Gray Jockey Anticline Deposit On Southwest Flank Of Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Freibergite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE 1,634 LBS. OF LEAD: AT LESS THAN 0.01% . PROD. YEARS 1917 - 1919 , 1936 - 1937 , 1951 , 1961 - 1962 , 1965
Comment (Workings): VEIN EXPOSED BY SHALLOW OPEN-CUT ABOUT 60 FT LONG AND 5 - 10 FT WIDE. CAVED SHAFT 100 FT NORTH OF PIT, FROM SIZE OF DUMP ESTIMATED TO BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN DEPTH
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATES ORE AVERAGES 5 OZ/ST AG, 0.02 OZ/ST AU
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85
Reference (Production): GEACH, R. D., 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.
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.
