The Jack Pine Project is a palladium, pge, and platinum mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 9,154 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: 9,154 Feet (2,790 Meters)
Commodity: Palladium, PGE, Platinum
Lat, Long: 45.5028, -110.08730
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Jack Pine Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jack Pine Project
Secondary: J-M Reef
Secondary: East Boulder Project
Secondary: Frog Pond Audit
Secondary: Boulder Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Palladium
Primary: PGE
Primary: Platinum
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Stillwater Pgm Resources
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1988
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: PGE Reef
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Merensky Reef PGE
Orebody
Name: J-M Reef
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Folds
Type: L
Structure: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN FROM PGM RESOURCES OPERATING PLANS. LOCATION CHECKS OUT WITH MBMG, FOR "FROG POND ADIT" PROPERTY
Comment (Location): Main entrance is over 2 miles NE of the ore zone (J-M Reef). The Frog Pond Adit was not selected for the final mine development.
References
Reference (Geology): Czamanske, G.K., and Zientek, M.L., technical editors, 1985, The Stillwater Complex, Montana: Geology and guide: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 92, 396 p.
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUR MINES OPEN FILE REPORT, MLA 19-93, APPENDIX A,NO. 134, P A-27.
Reference (Deposit): MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA STUDY IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER PGM RESOURCES, 1990 PLAN OF OPERATIONS, GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, BOZEMAN, MT.
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.
