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Snowstorm

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173365
MRDS ID W014707
MAS/MILS ID 0300530020
Record type Site
Current site name Snowstorm
Related records 10071366

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.99104, 48.43297 (WGS84)
Elevation 841
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 031 N 034 W 19 SENESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.99104, 48.43297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 600M
    Width 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:75W
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Troy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LACK OF INFORMATION PRECLUDES FURTHER CONSIDERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS,1959,MBMG BULL.12,P.43

  • Deposit

    GIBSON,1948,USGS BULL.956,P.97

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 2, 1919, P22

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 956, PP97-98.

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 12, PP43-44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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