The Jack Rabbit Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,325 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: 6,325 Feet (1,928 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.28611, -112.85889
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Jack Rabbit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jack Rabbit Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Latimer, K. Macphail
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED ASSAYED 32 OZ AG/TON AND 16% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PUMPS NEEDED FOR WATER FLOW IN SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE NEAR LIMESTONE CONTACT IN AREA OF NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING VEINS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH ADJACENT COPPER BELL MINE. PRODUCTION YEARS INCLUDE 1870'S, 1912-14, 1917-18, 1926, AND 1933.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT TO 140-FT. LEVEL, AND SHAFT TO 300 FEET WITH 200 FEET OF CROSSCUTS ON THE 200 AND 300 FOOT LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): 1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 76-77.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 58.
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.
