Mine detail: Snowbird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.78405, -114.77014

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	REE
Ore:	Calcite
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation, Argillites, Limestone, Slate
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith Intrudes The Area

References

MRDS	W013423
DEP	10070475
Reference	{Deposit:: SAHINEN, UNO M., 1962, FLUOSPAR DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 28.}{Deposit:: STOUT, K. S. AND ACKERMAN, W., 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTEPRISES 1957, MONT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 20.}{Production:: SAHINEN, U. M., 1962, M. B. M. G. BULLETIN 28.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D.