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Snowbird Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, REE
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124726
MRDS ID W014742
MAS/MILS ID 0300610004
Record type Site
Current site name Snowbird Mine
Related records 10071392

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.79377, 46.77798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 012 N 025 W 20 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Annabergite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.79377, 46.77798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 880404

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. And S. Mining Co.
    Home office Montana
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM G IC 20, 1957 P.37

  • Deposit

    OWNER/OPERATOR: F&S MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 28, 1962, P. 11-14.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-APR-88 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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