Hoback Range Combined

The Hoback Range Combined is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Teton county, Wyoming at an elevation of 6,988 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Hoback Range Combined
Secondary: Hoback Range
Secondary: Hoback Range #1
Secondary: Hoback Range #2
Secondary: Hoback Range #3

Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Teton
District: Western Phosphate

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Type: Other

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Government
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Dist Of Columbia
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling Method: Flotation
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Apatite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Illite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Feldspar

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS SUBDIVIDED INTO FIVE MEMBERS BY MCKELVEY (BIBLIOGRAPHY REF. L010), TWO OF WHICH (THE MEADE PEAK AND RETORT MEMBERS) CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS. IN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE MEADE PEAK MEMBER, AND IN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE RETORT MEMBER CONTAIN THE DEPOSITS OF POTENTIAL INTEREST. THE PARK CITY FORMATION OF UTAH AND CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE SHEDHORN SANDSTONE OF NORTHWESTERN WYOMING ARE STRATIGRAPHIC EQUIVALENTS OF AND INTERTONGUE WITH THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND EQUIVALENT FORMATIONS ARE UNDERLAIN BY EITHER THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE, WEBER QUARTZITE, WELLS FORMATION, OR DIAMOND CREEK SANDSTONE AND ARE OVERLAIN BY EITHER THE WOODSIDE OR DINWOODY FORMATIONS.

Comment (Production): THE EXACT DATE OF DISCOVERY OF THE HOBACK RANGE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IS NOT KNOWN, BUT WAS AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. EXPLORATION HAS BEEN LIMITED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO TRENCHING BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Comment (Workings): ABBREVIATION FOR MINING DISTRICT: WEST. PHOSPHATE = WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO 3 SEPARATE DEPOSITS FOR SUPPLY ANALYSIS WITH SEQUENCE NOS. 0560390083, 0560390084, 0560390085, RESPECTIVELY NAMED HOBACK RANGE NO 1, HOBACK RANGE NO 2, AND HOBACK RANGE NO 3. REFER TO THESE INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS FOR THE SPECIFIC RESERVES AND OPERATING DATA THAT ARE USED IN THE SUPPLY ANALYSIS. [A.B. Wilson deleted these duplicate records 0560390083=10303695, 0560390084=10230348, and 0560390085=10230190 ]

Comment (Deposit): THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES. DOMAIN - THE OUTCROP FALLS COMPLETELY WITHIN LANDS CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIALLY UNAVAILABLE ROADLESS AREA REVIEW AND EVALUATION (RARE II) LAND. MINERAL HOLDINGS - ALL MINERAL RIGHTS ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM EVALUATION WAS DONE AS PART OF A 1980 STUDY OF UTAH AND WYOMING PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS BY THE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO.

Comment (Economic Factors): Mining and beneficiation costs for each proposed operation were obtained by applying one of 34 basic mine models and 5 basic mill models developed for evaluating Utah and Wyoming phosphate deposits. Site-specific cost adjustments were made for land acquisition, infrastructure, unusual haulage distance to mill, the presence of multiple beds requiring mining of waste, and mill feed grade and recovery. All costs are in January 1980 dollars. The schedule of costs is based on the assumption that each proposed operation will be independently developed as soon as technically possible after the official January 1979 base date for the current phosphate study. Thus, land acquisition, exploration, and infrastructure capital costs are assumed to begin in 1979. Mine and mill capital costs include a contingency allowance of 15 percent of all other capital costs except working capital. Mine and mill working capital is estimated at 60 days of operating cost. A Bureau costing manual (bibliography data set ref. I030) was used to estimate surface and underground mine exploration, development, reclamation, plant, and equipment capital costs; underground mine operating costs; capital and operating costs for the calcining-hydration mill (if used) and for the flotation sections of other mills; costs of transporting products from proposed mills to existing final processing plants; and access road construction cost. Surface mine operating costs are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), and others (U.S. office of audit and investigation) for Idaho phosphate mines in 1976 and 1977. Infrastructure capital costs assigned to each proposed mine consist of only those railroad, transmission line, and access road costs which are needed for development of each mine. Railroad cost is estimated by the Richardson rapid construction cost estimating system (bibliography data set ref. I020). Transmission line cost is estimated from typical industry costs (A.W. Watts, 1980, Water and Power Resources Services, personal communication). Access road costs are estimated by using the capital and operating cost estimating handbook (bibliography data set ref. I030). Land acquisition costs are based on typical competitive bids for leases in southeastern Idaho, adjusted for specific deposit grade and thickness. Lease rentals and royalties are based on current rates for federal leases in the western phosphate field. Capital and operating costs for all mills, excepting the calcination-hydration mill (if used) and flotation sections of other mills, are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), from costs given for a sizing and calcining mill described by de Voto, et al. (bibliography data set ref. R030), vol. 2, appendix d. Site-specific cost adjustments for mill feed grade and recovery are made, using relative cost factors calculated from average cost and recovery curves for altered and unaltered ores (bibliography data set ref. I010).

Comment (Ownership): FUTURE LEASABILITY IS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT RARE II CLASSIFICATION OF THE AREA. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE FEDERAL OR STATE PHOSPHATE LEASES OR PROSPECTING PERMITS WITHIN THE DEPOSIT AREA.

Comment (Production): RECOVERIES IN THE YIELD DATA SET FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS ARE CALCULATED FROM THE TOTAL FEED TO THE MILL AND ARE NOT ACTUAL RECOVERIES WITHIN EACH ORE STREAM. WITHIN-ORE-STREAM RECOVERIES FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVAL- UATION ARE 87.0 PERCENT FOR MILL K1, DEV SCH 1&2. EXACT RECOVERIES USED IN CALCULATING PRODUCT OUTPUT TONNAGES FOR TWO PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION ARE 28.6865 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT A, DEV SCH 1&2; 58.3135% FOR PRODUCT F, DEV SCH 1&2.

Comment (Location): Location problem. Currently plotting in Lincoln County.

References

Reference (Production): GOOD, P. C., 1976, BENEFICIATION OF UNWEATHERED INDIAN CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ROCK BY CALCINATION AND HYDRATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 8154, 17 P.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., DAHLIN, D. C., AND FERGUS, A. J., 1978, FLOTATION OF CARBONATE AND SILICATE MINERALS FROM PARTIALLY ALTERED PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT ISMA TECHNICAL/ECON. CONF.; ORLANDO, FLA., OCT. 23-27, 1979, 11 P.

Reference (Geology): LOVE, J. D., AND ALBEE, H. F., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE JACKSON QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING, IN FOLIO OF THE JACKSON QUADRANGLE, WYO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC INV. MAP I-769-A.

Reference (Geology): LOVE, J. D., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TETON VILLAGE QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE MAP 75-335, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Geology): LOVE, J. D., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GROS VENTRE JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 75-334, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Geology): LINES, G. C., AND GLASS, W. R., 1975, WATER RESOURCES OF THE THRUST BELT OF WESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HYDROL. INV. ATLAS MAP HA-539.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COFFMAN, J. S., AND SERVICE, A. L., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES - PART 4, WYOMING AND UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6934, 158 P.

Reference (Ownership): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND STATUS: U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:500,000-SCALE, 1 SHEET

Reference (Deposit): CLABAUGH, P. S., 1946, PERMIAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINER. INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-198, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SHELDON, R. P., 1963, PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN WESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-B, P. 49-273.

Reference (Geology): GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1967, SOME COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF PHOSPHORITES OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 99-102.

Reference (Geology): MCKELVEY, V. E., 1959, THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-A, P. 1-47, 3 PLATES.

Reference (Geology): CHENEY, T. M., SHELDON, R. P., WARING, R. G., AND WARNER, M. A., 1954, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING, 1951: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 324, 22 P.

Reference (Geology): ALBEE, H. F., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MUNGER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, TETON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-705, scale 1:24,000.

Reference (Reference): HARRIS, R. A., DAVIDSON, D. F., AND ARNOLD, B. P., 1954, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1018, 89 P.

Reference (Production): GOKHALE, K. V. G. K., RAO, T. C., AND BISWAS, A. K., 1975, BENEFICIATION STUDIES ON A HIMALAYAN LEAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT WITH CALCAREOUS GANGUE, IN SEMINAR ON BENEFICIATION OF LEAN PHOSPHATE WITH CARBONATE GANGUE, 11TH INTERNAT. MINERALS PROCESSING CONGRESS, KAGLIARI, ITALY, APRIL 23-24, 1975, P. 53-54.

Reference (Production): EBERL, E., 1970, BENEFICIATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE BY CALCINATION, THE MATERIAL BALANCE: RUDARSKO - METALURSKI ZBORNIK, NO. 2-3, 1970, P. 275-283.

Reference (Geology): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1960, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WYOMING: U.S. CONGRESS - SENATE, DOC. 76, P. 14-16, 145-147.

Reference (Production): DUNCAN, W. E., AND FISK, H. G., 1957, CENTRAL WYOMING PHOSPHATE ROCK - CHARACTER, PROCESSING, AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF WYO. NAT. RES. RESEARCH INST. BULL. 6, 60 P.

Reference (Geology): HORBERG, LELAND, NELSON, VINCENT, AND CHURCH, VICTOR, 1949, STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN CENTRAL WESTERN WYOMING: GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA BULL., V, 60, P. 183-216.

Reference (Geology): LANE, D. W., 1973, THE PHOSPHORIA AND GOOSE EGG FORMATIONS IN WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYO., PRELIM. REPT. 12, 24 P.

Reference (Production): NEUBERGER, R., 1968, PHOSPHATE ROCK CALCINATION IN ISRAEL: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 35, MAY/JUNE 1968, P. 11-21.

Reference (Deposit): HALE, L. A., ED., 1967, ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., 287 P., 3 PLATES.

Reference (Deposit): GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975 (?), PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: U.S. DEPT. OF AGR. CONTRACT NO. 50-820, 1102 P.

Reference (Geology): SHELDON, R. P., WARING, R. G., WARNER, M. A., SMART, R. A., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING, 1949-50: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 307, 45 P.

Reference (Geology): SHELDON, R. P., 1957, PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY BULL. 1042-E, P. 105-185, PLATES.

Reference (Geology): SCHROEDER, M. L., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BULL CREEK QUADRANGLE, TETON AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY GEOL. QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1300.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DE VOTO, R. H., AND STEVENS, D. N., ED., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD: SUBCONTRACT 78-177-S TO DEPT. OF ENERGY CONTRACT 50-54-5903 (BENDIX FIELD ENG. CORP.) BY EARTH SCIENCES INC., 1396 P. PLUS PLATES.

Reference (Geology): SCHROEDER, M. L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAMP DAVIS QUADRANGLE, TETON COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1160.

Reference (Geology): SCHROEDER, M. L., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLAUSE PEAK QUADRANGLE, LINCOLN, SUBLETTE, AND TETON COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1092.

Reference (Geology): LOVE, J. D., REED, J. C., JR., CHRISTIANSEN, R. L., AND STACEY, J. R., 1972, GEOLOGIC BLOCK DIAGRAM AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE TETON REGION, WYOMING - IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. INV. MAP I-730.

Reference (Geology): SHELDON, R. P., 1956. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN THE JACKSON HOLE REGION, WYOMING, IN WYOMING GEOL. ASSOC. 11TH ANN. FIELD CONF. (JACKSON HOLE), P. 66-69.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1978, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES: MIN. ENG., JAN. 1978, P. 37-40.

Reference (Geology): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955, DRIGGS, IDAHO; WYOMING, 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY, 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1977, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES, PAPER PRESENTED AT S.M.E. FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, ST. LOUIS MO., OCT. 19-21, 1977, 17 P.

Reference (Deposit): Spangenberg, D.R., Carey, E.F., and Takosky, P.M., 1983, Minerals availability commodity directory on phosphate: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC-8926, 678 p.
Pages: p. 409-413.

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