Mine detail: Snow White

Previously called 'Snow White Silica'

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.25017, -112.97258
dep_id: 10069272
mrds_id: W002858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Metamorphism
Reporter: Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.), Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Missoula Group
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Northeast - Trending Fault
disc_yr: 1963
discr: John J. Meloy
References:
  • Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1972, SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: REPORT NO. 3 RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH SECTION, INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC., ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, P. 85, 86
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 53.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 54, P. 35-39.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 58, P. 55.
  • Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP US BUR MINES
  • Deposit:: 1965 GEOCHEM MONT BUR MINES GEOL
  • Deposit:: 1971 RECON BURLINGTON NORTHERN
  • Production:: MBMG BULL 54. P. 39.
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