The Snoose Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 43.48917, -114.32250
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Snoose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snoose Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Snoose Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1944 - 1953
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.1 %
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1944 - 1953
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.53 Oz/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Boise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR NESTS AND STRINGERS, SEAMS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sw Flank Of A Breached Anticline That Is Intruded By Sill-Like Diorite Pluton
Type: L
Description: Several Nw-Trending, E-Dipping Shear Zones Which Flatten At Depth; 3 Are Mineralized.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SCATTERED PODS OF ORE OCCUR ALONG WIDE ZONES OF SHEARING
Comment (Production): ORE IN BIN CONTAINED 25-30% PB, 20% ZN, 75 OZ. AG, 0.22 OZ. AU PER TON. PRODUCTION YEARS ABOVE 1944 - 1950 , 1951 - 1953
Comment (Workings): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS AND A VERTICAL SHAFT FROM WHICH THE 100 AND 200 LEVELS ARE TURNED
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., KIILSGAARD, T.H., AND FRYKLUND, V.C. JR. 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET NO. 90, P. 23-2
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET #9
Reference (Production): COMPANY RECORDS
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