Mine detail: Snowshoe Mine

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Location: Lincoln County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.20487, -115.6452
dep_id: 10071382
mrds_id: W014727
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Clay, Quartz, Siderite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Snowshoe Anticline, Snowshoe Fault-Fissured And Sheeted Zone May Be Related To Dry Creek Stock
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S.
hrock_unit: Ravalli Group, Argillite & Quartzite;Wallace Formation, Shale & Limestone
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
arock_unit: Dry Creek Stock, Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Snowshoe Anticline, Snowshoe Fault
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1889
discr: A. F. Dunlap And J. Abbot
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNS, W. M., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS - LINCOLN & FLATHEAD CO, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 79.
  • Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.
  • Production:: JOHNS, 1970, MBMG BULL. 79
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