Snowshoe Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105723
MRDS ID W014714
Record type Site
Current site name Snowshoe Mine
Alternate or previous names Hulse Group
Related records 10221448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.59998, 45.04574 (WGS84)
Elevation 2583
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF JARDINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 15,22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE WEST SLOPE OF CREVASSE MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result MINE FACE SAMPLE ASSAYED WO3 0.55%, AU 0.08 OZ/ST, AG 0.05 OZ/ST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist, Quartz Biotite & Garnetized
    Rock description Schist, Quartz Biotite & Garnetized

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.59998, 45.04574

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Syncline That Pitches Gently Eastward

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 - 55 W
    Dip 15 - 20 E
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Confined To Quartz Lenses - Little Found In Surrounding Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • LODE ZONE AVERAGES APPROXIMATELY 5 FT. WIDE IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Crevasse Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leased By The Anaconda Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crevasse Mtn. Mining Co., Butte, Mt 59701

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE OF PRODUCED ORE $25,000. FIGURES FOR PRIOR SPORADIC PRODUCTION UNAVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 50M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND AN OPEN-CUT. THE LARGEST PORTION OF PRODUCTION ATTRIBUTED TO THE OPEN-CUT WHICH MEASURES 30 TO 90 FT WIDE BY 150 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS - JARDINE - CREVASSE MTN. DISTRICT, PARK CO., MT, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23.

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23, P. 103

  • Deposit

    1977 COMPILE MBMG SP PUB 75

  • Production

    REED, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references