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Hobo Claim

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098041
MRDS ID DC08577
Record type Site
Current site name Hobo Claim
Alternate or previous names Blue Grouse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66344, 46.77628 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 MI UP WALACE CR FROM CLINTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 016W 19 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 11 OZ/TON AG, 5% PB, 1% CU, 0.5% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clinton Stock
    Rock description Clinton Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66344, 46.77628
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clinton Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 60-70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1949

Mining district

District name Clinton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. R. Terry And Carl Larson

Comments on the production information

  • 30 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND A DRIFT, 2ND ADIT 93FT BELOW UPPER ADIT. VEIN WAS UNDERHAND STOPED FOR ITS ENTIRE EXPOSED LENGTH TO ADEPTH OF 10-12 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 224-27.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, PL 4&5, P. 36.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF 3.5FT OF ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK, FAULT GOUGE, AND IRON OXIDES WIDTH FROM 6-101N OF CRUSHED VEIN MATTER CARRYING OXIDIZED COPPER AND IRON MINERALS.
Deposit BEST VEIN IN UPPER ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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