Mine detail: Snowstorm Mine

Previously called 'B and B Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.43293, -115.99076

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation, Sericitic Quartzite
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Snowstorm Dike, Metadiorite;Dry Creek Stock, Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Spar Lake Syncline, Leonia Fault, Leonia Fault East Of Property
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W014707
DEP	10071366
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNS, W. M., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS - LINCOLN & FLATEHAD CO, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 79.}{Deposit:: GIBSON, R., 1948, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LIBBY QUAD., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 956}{Production:: GIBSON, 1948, U.S.G.S. BULL. 956; JOHNS, 1970, MBMG BULL. 79}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.