The Snyder Group is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.59861, -112.09444
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Snyder Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snyder Group
Secondary: Old Cabin
Secondary: Old Cabin Extension
Secondary: Lakeview
Secondary: Snyder's Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: So. Boulder District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1917
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ROCK CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED .3 OZ AU PER ST OR LESS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): .2 MI S OF SAILOR LAKE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): SNYDER GROUP OF CLAIMS, 1917-35. OLD CABIN CLAIM 1923, OLD CABIN EXT. 1935. CABIN, COMPRESSOR ON SITE.
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE PARALLEL TO GNEISS FOLIATION. ORE OCCURS IN SMALL POCKETS ALONG VEIN. GRANITIC LIKE NEARBY.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS WITH STOPES ON VEINS. WORKINGS MOSTLY CAVED (1982)
References
Reference (Production): USBM
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M., E. CATHER, SPOKANE, PERSONAL COMM., 1983
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
