Mine detail: Jardine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.06824, -110.62025

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Tungsten, Arsenic, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR - TABULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host rock:	Qtz. Biotite Schist, Qtz.-Cummingtonite Schist;Biotite Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Volcanics-Rhyolite And Tuff;Granite Stock, Pegmatite And Aplite Sills;Gabbro And Diabase Sills And Stocks
Associated type:	Diabase,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Gardiner Thrust Fault, N-Trending Anticline With Well Developed Cross Folding

References

MRDS	W014722
DEP	10105724
Reference	{Deposit:: REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.}{Deposit:: SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, & TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE - CREVASSE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23. , P. 78.}{Deposit:: WEDOW AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1391-B}{Deposit:: MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 114.}{Production:: MBMG MEM. 23, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1944-1948}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Doyle, Brien (Wells, John)