Jeanette Claim

The Jeanette Claim is a copper, zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,900 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

Name: Jeanette Claim  

State:  Montana

County:  Beaverhead

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 45.18, -112.95694

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Jeanette Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jeanette Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Blue Wing 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Charles R. Talman, Alvin Herr
Years: 1964 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Pioneer Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.001 OZ AU/TON, 5.2 OZ AG/TON, 0.07% CU, 7.35% PB, AND 0.40% ZN.


Materials

Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): A CAVED ADIT (1972) AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. ADIT MAY HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND WAS DRIVEN WESTWARD.

Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF CENTER OF SECTION 33

Comment (Development): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): DARK-BROWN JASPER VEIN IS EXPOSED IN PROSPECT PIT.


References

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

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 99


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.