The Jahnke Mine is a copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 9,131 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,131 Feet (2,783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1822, -113.58890
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Jahnke Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jahnke Mine
Secondary: Mountain Oreway
Secondary: Straight Tip
Secondary: Potomac
Secondary: Wabash
Secondary: Mt. Vernon
Secondary: Good Hope
Secondary: Ranger
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): AREA CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS (TOTALING 1, 397 FT) & 13 PITS & TRENCHES NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1914 HAVE PLACED THE WORKINGS AT ABOUT 9,000 FT TO 10,000 FT ELEV ALONG THE CREST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, & THE MINERAL SURVEY NOTES OF 1902 ALSO SHOW THE CLAIMS TO BE ALONG THE CREST, HOWEVER, THE PATENTED CLAIM BOUNDARIES SHOWN ON CURRENT BLM RECORDS & FOREST SERVICE MAPS ARE PLACED 800 TO 1,200 FT BELOW THE CREST, PROBABLY IN ERROR
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, D.D., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WESTERN MONTANA;
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6334, P.5, 8, 9
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, MONTANA; MBMG BULL.85, P.36, 37
Reference (Deposit): SASSMAN, OREN, 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD;
Reference (Deposit): MS. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P.280-282
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 80-96.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, D.R., 1975, STRAGRAPHY & STRUCTURE OF PRECAMBRIAN Y
Reference (Deposit): (BELT ?) METASEDIMENTARY & ASSOCIATED ROCKS, GOLDSTONE
Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAIN QUAD, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA; PH.D, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD,OHIO,P.187,190,191
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD,
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA & ADJACENT AREAS; USGS BULL.574, P.77
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.
