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1996 Map of Black Pine Ridge

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Black Pine Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

Black Pine Ridge and the Deerlodge Mountains dominate this high-elevation landscape in Granite County, Montana. The terrain is defined by a dense network of gulches and creeks, including Rattling Gulch, Day Gulch, and Huepeck Gulch, all draining toward larger watercourses like Upper Willow Creek and Copper Creek. This area within the Deerlodge National Forest shows a legacy of resource exploration, with numerous Prospects and several Mines dotting the ridges.

The human footprint is largely industrial and recreational, marked by a system of primitive routes such as Combination Trail No 8 and Trail No 3. These paths weave between isolated features like a Drill Hole and deep drainages such as Arbuckle Gulch and Horse Canyon. The map reveals the intricate topographic detail of a region shaped by both its geology and its history of mineral prospecting in the late twentieth century.