The Jardine Mine is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,539 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: 7,539 Feet (2,298 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.06833, -110.61944
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Jardine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jardine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Jardine (Sheepeater) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co.
Owner Name: Richard B. Blankenship, Jardine Mt
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1899-1948
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 60 %
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1899 - 1948
Material type: AS
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 0.7 %
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1899 - 1948
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.04 Toz/St
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1899 - 1948
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Toz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR - TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gardiner Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Anticline With Well Developed Cross Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): TWO VEIN TYPES FOUND IN JARDINE LODES. QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH QTZ. SCHISTS & QUARTZITES AND HAVE ERRATIC METAL CONTENTS. ARSENOPYRITE VEINS ASSOC. WITH THE CUMMINGTONITE - HAVE CONSISTENT GOLD CONTENT AND HIGH TENOR.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATION OF RESERVES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OWING TO STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY AND ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION OF VALUES. ABOVE FIGURE IS COMBINED MEASURED & INDICATED RESERVES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REED SUGGESTS SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL RESOURCES BUT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF DEPOSIT.
Comment (Location): U.T.M. MEASUREMENTS ON UPPERMOST SHAFT
Comment (Production): TOTAL GOLD PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1902 ESTIMATED TO BE MORE THAN 50,000 TOZ (USGS BULL. 1391-B). USING THIS FIGURE WOULD GIVE A TOTAL GOLD PRODUCTION OF OVER 200,000 TOZ. TUNGSTEN IN HIGH-GRADE PODS.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED (1975-76) BY ANACONDA MINING COMPANY. WORK INCLUDES SAMPLING AND DRILLING.
Comment (Workings): LODES DEVELOPED BY OVER 30 ADITS AND 4 MAIN CUTS. THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 MAJOR VEINS - IRREGULARLY SPACED WITHIN THE LODES - FORMING AN EN ECHELON PATTERN. THEY VARY FROM A FEW CM TO 5 M WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, & TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE - CREVASSE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23. , P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1391-B
Reference (Deposit): MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 114.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM. 23, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1944-1948
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.
