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Snowbird Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, REE
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070475
MRDS ID W013423
Record type Site
Current site name Snowbird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77014, 46.78405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 025W 20 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation, Argillites, Limestone, Slate
    Rock description Wallace Formation, Argillites, Limestone, Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77014, 46.78405
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith Intrudes The Area

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name (Unorganized District)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Finlen And Sheridan, Contractors
    Home office 1300 Chicago St, Butte, Montana 59701
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Lord And M. Bacon, Albertson, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED BY F. & S. MINING CO. AFTER TWO YEARS

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE HYDROTHERMAL BUT SAHINEN REPORTS A PEGMATITIC TEXTURE TO IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, UNO M., 1962, FLUOSPAR DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 28.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K. S. AND ACKERMAN, W., 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTEPRISES 1957, MONT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 20.

  • Production

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1962, M. B. M. G. BULLETIN 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey

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