Hobby Horse Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101960
MRDS ID DC08617
Record type Site
Current site name Hobby Horse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86758, 46.86239 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 KM S. HIGGINS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 010W 21 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86758, 46.86239

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marcum Bielenberg
    Home office Avon, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 6 PRODUCTION YEARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL AND INCLINED SHAFT. DRIFTS OFF OF 71 AND 171FT LEVELS. CAVED AND FULL OF WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R I 6334, P. 6, 52, 53.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 45, 67.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 33, P. 28

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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