Mine detail: New Snowbird

Previously called 'Mc Rae MineRed Bluff'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.16268, -115.40486

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Copper
Ore: Huebnerite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, PODS
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Cret Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite
Associated type:Dacite
Alteration processes:Sericite, Silicification

References

MRDSW015076
DEP10071595
Reference{Deposit:: COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32}{Deposit:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 45-46.}{Deposit:: GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPORT}{Production:: COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32}
ReporterSteigner, William D.; Miller, Pat, Cookro, Terry