Hogback

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245196
MAS/MILS ID 0300010014
Record type Site
Current site name Hogback
Alternate or previous names Hogsback, Sodak, Gob Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.60028, 45.3999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Block Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 008 W 10 SESENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.60028, 45.3999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 46M
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.07HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .07
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carol Raffety
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING,NO DATE,HOGBACK MN.PROSPECT UNPUB MEMO USBM

  • Deposit

    ANON NO DATE HOGBACK MANG.DEP.USBM WAR MINERALS MEMO

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL 1941 UNPUB RPT HOGSBACK

  • Deposit

    EARHART 1940 UNPUB RPT HOGBACK

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL 1942 UNPUB MSTHESIS MT SCHL MINES P.36-41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.