The J. Jay No. 2 Claim is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,880 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: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.6339, -113.80970
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J. Jay No. 2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: J. Jay No. 2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Granite county. However, original lat/long plots 140 m inside adjacent Ravalli county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-38-2N 113-48-35W (46.6339 -113.8097, WGS84 46.63176 -113.8097); UTM N5168097 E284932 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 010 N, RNG 018 W, Sect 12, Sect_fract SWSW. The PLSS coords indicate the lat/long should use WGS84 datum. So the lat/long was recalculated with WGS84, shifting the point 240 m N, which agrees with the county name and PLSS coords.
References
Reference (Deposit): MLA OPEN FILE REPORT 17-82 P8
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.
