Mine detail: Snowdrift Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.44739, -114.71013

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	SEAMS
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Bedded Tuffs
Associated type:	Tuff
Alteration processes:	Gouge

References

MRDS	W014278
MAS	160370268
DEP	10071070
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 478, P. 219.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1949, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 83, P. 31.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)