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Snowhome Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094578
MRDS ID D009591
Record type Site
Current site name Snowhome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09119, 46.51045 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.7 KM SSW OF THE FOREST ROSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 27 N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF MILL CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kootenai Formation
    Rock description Kootenai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09119, 46.51045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Beds Of The E Limb Of The Dunkleberg Anticline.Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding-Plane Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5014, P. 16, FIG. 3, 4B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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