Jumper No. 1 Claim

The Jumper No. 1 Claim is a iron mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jumper No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Pioneer District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: G. Elmo Shoup
Home Office: Salmon, Id.
Years: 1963 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: CONCENTRIC MASS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): CENTER OF NW 1/4 SECTION 20

Comment (Development): SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): OUTCROP MEASURES 200 X 120 FT. A ZONE OF NEARLY PURE SPECULARITE AS MUCH AS 15 FEET ACROSS IS EXPOSED BY A CUT. ZONE IS APPARENTLY A CORE OF THE LARGER MASS

Comment (Workings): EAST-WEST OPEN PIT ACROSS THE MASS, AND PENETRATING ABOUT 30 FEET BELOW THE TOP.

Comment (Geology): SYENITE PORPHYRY FLOAT FOUND IN VICINITY

References

Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 38

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.