Mine detail: Snowstorm Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.48157, -115.72882

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite, Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	BLANKET, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1901, 1904-1915, 1917, 1925-1928, 1943
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Revett Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Osburn Fault Zone, Snowstorm Fault, Granite Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Zone Extends To 1600 Foot Level

References

MRDS	US16010
DEP	10067173
Reference	{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, VERNE C.,JR., 1964, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, PP. 13,35,43}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, JOSEPH B. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 732, PP. 28-29, 115-117.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C.,AND JONES, E.L., JR., 1912, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 540 PART 1, PP. 202-207}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur *lene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.}
Reporter	Unknown, Western Field Operations Center, Keith R. Long