Snowbird

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145076
MRDS ID W014895
MAS/MILS ID 0160850026
Record type Site
Current site name Snowbird
Alternate or previous names Mcray Mine, Red Bluffs, Mccrae
Related records 10071479

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.41037, 45.15798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 009 E 07 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Huebnerite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.41037, 45.15798

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 1000M
    Length 30000M
    Width 4000M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N25W:80W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 960607

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Ewardsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Ray Tungsten
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1973
    First year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Big Creek
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1973
    First year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 90
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 25
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 26
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PRO PPR 594 C, P4.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BMRG MINES MAP SERIES ELK CITY 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE 1981.

  • Deposit

    USBM, YEARBOOK, 1956, P389.

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, 1974, UNIV OF IDAHO THESIS, P.46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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