The Sodak Mine is a manganese mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 5,449 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
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 45.40167, -112.59917
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Sodak Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sodak Mine
Secondary: Hogback Gp.
Secondary: Gob
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Mccartney Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: State Owned
Owner Name: Sodak Uranium And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Formations Trend N45e, 29nw, Dike Trends N15e, 88nw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge, Kaolinization Of Dike
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: GEACH CONSIDERS NONE OF THE ORE DIRECT-SHIPPING QUALITY
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SECTION 16
Comment (Deposit): MN OXIDE FILLS FRACTURES IN QUARTZITE NEAR PHOSPHORIA FM. CONTACT, AND ON WEST SIDE OF A 15-FT. ALTERED DIKE.
Comment (Deposit): MANGANESE ORE FROM THIS DEPOSIT WAS REPORTEDLY PROCESSED AT THE MINERALS ENG. CO. TUNGSTEN MILL AT GLEN IN 1958. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 150
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
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.
