Mine detail: Snowdrift Mine

Previously called 'Antimony GroupDunnishe* SpringKnight & MorrisBonita Spring, Juniper Hills, Rosebud District ?'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.09738, -118.56016

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver, Arsenic, Iron
Ore: Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host rock:Happy Creek Volcanic Series
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:N5-30w

References

MRDSM232722
DEP10045064
Reference{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1961, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61.}{Deposit:: NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT (1984)}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG.OFR 85-3.}{Production:: LAWRENCE, E. F., 1961}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.