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Snowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103878
MRDS ID M060193
Record type Site
Current site name Snowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property
Alternate or previous names Arnold Bielenberg, Strategic, Shamrock, Snowbird, Montana Old Lady Smith, Friday, Boulder Ore
Related records 10172957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46812, 46.67768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 8 MILES NNW OF ELLISTON, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 27,28 SW (27) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANY WIDELY SCATTERED EXPOSURES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING ROCK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result STRATEGIC AREA ASS. 0.01 TO 1.15%WO3
Result SHAMROCK AREA 0.3 TO 5.15% WO3
Result TUNGSTATE AREA 0.10 TO 0.53% WO3
Result 5.0% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Mission Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46812, 46.67768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone Between Limestone And Intrusive Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATEGIC LODE ON MADISON LIMESTON (MISS) FROM KNOPFA. 1942, WRITTEN COMM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Fred Tampke
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. B. Burleson, E. E. Eckledafer, E. C. Hughes, Claude Bliedenberg
    Home office Deer Lodge, Mt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Glenski, F. L.
    Home office Helena, Mont.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.54% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS FOR AU, AG, CU, PB ORE WERE 1917-1919, 1937, AND 1960. MOST WO3 PRODUCTION CAME FROM ARNOLD AND OLD LADY SMITH MINES (WALKER, DD USBM REP. 6334.)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THESE RESERVES ARE AT THE ARNOLD PROPERTY

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY COVERS AN AREA 3200 FT LONG, 2500 FT WIDE. MANY ADITS. A MAIN ADIT ABOUT 240 FT LONG, MANY PITS AND CUTS, AND 4 SHORT ADITS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK ACROSS FROM THE MAIN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 29-30, 35.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 27, 31, 62.

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 6334, P. 48, 49, 58.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1942 WRITTEN COMM.(STRATEGIC LODE)

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 62; USBM R1 6334.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DMEA FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONES CAN BE AS MUCH AS 180 BY 700 FT. ORE DEPOSITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TACTITE ZONES. AT FRIDAY MINE SCHEELITE IS FOUND ON DUMP NOT IN THE MINE. THE VEIN IS SAID TO BE ABOUT 15 FT WIDE AND 0.75 MILE LONG, DIPS TOWARD THE SW. IT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE QUARTZITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940 (TUNGSTEN) 1880 (COPPER)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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