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Snowbird

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071392
MRDS ID W014742
Record type Site
Current site name Snowbird
Related records 10124726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79514, 46.77738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1980
Relative position 49 KM SOUTHWEST FROM MISSOULA

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

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gersdorffite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Xenotime Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79514, 46.77738
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne To Nw Strike
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone 6 M Thick At East End Of Deposit

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 180M
    Width 45M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Bitterroot Range

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. And S Mining Co.
    Home office Butte, Montana 59701
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Lord And M. Bacon
    Home office Albertson, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUORITE WAS PRODUCED IN 1956.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 40M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1962, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 28, P. 11-14

  • Deposit

    METZ, M. C., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SNOWBIRD DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: UNPUB. M.S. THESIS WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, 93 P.

  • Production

    MINERALS YEARBOOK AND SAHINEN, 1962, P. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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