Mine detail: Snowshoe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.20487, -115.6452

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Clay, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host rock:	Ravalli Group, Argillite & Quartzite;Wallace Formation, Shale & Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Dry Creek Stock, Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Snowshoe Anticline, Snowshoe Fault
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W014727
DEP	10071382
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.