The Snowstorm Mine is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,990 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,990 Feet (1,216 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.4817, -115.72780
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Snowstorm Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowstorm Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Hunter
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Snow Storm Silver-Lead Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1922 - 1931
Owner Name: John Sekulic and others
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: Roberts-Coeur d'Alene Mining and Milling Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1927 - 1927
Owner Name: Snow Storm Leasing Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1926 - 1926
Owner Name: Oregon-Idaho Mining and Concentrating Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1926 - 1928
Owner Name: Snow Storm Mines Consolidated
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Spokane, Washington
Years: 1916 - 1923
Owner Name: Snow Storm Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Larson, Idaho
Years: 1900 - 1916
Owner Name: Heward, J.H. & Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1904 - 1906
Production
Year: 1983
Time Period: 1904-1943
Mined: 749861.000 mt
Material type: Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Snowstorm Fault, Granite Peak Syncline
Type: R
Description: Osburn Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Zone Extends To 1600 Foot Level
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Sericite
Trace: Copper
Trace: Azurite
Trace: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP REFER TO THE ENCLOSING REVETT FM
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE 1912 DATA. IN 1904 ORE WAS 4% CU, 6 OZ/TON AG, 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Comment (Geology): SNOWSTORM FAULT CUTS OFF ORE BODY ON THE SOUTHERN END ; GEOL.ENV: M10GEOSYNCLINAL SED ROCKS
Comment (Development): 4 TUNNELS ; ECON.COM: AERIAL TRAMWAY TRANSPORTED ORE TO LARSON TO A 100 TON/DAY CONCENTRATOR. (1912)
Comment (Production): Ore production and metal recovery from Mitchell and Bennett (1983); grade data calculated from U.S. Bureau of Mines production data using historic mill recovery data.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Resource estimated by V. Hollister in private report dated 10/1949.
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, JOSEPH B. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 732, PP. 28-29, 115-117.
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, VERNE C.,JR., 1964, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, PP. 13,35,43
Reference (Production): Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C.,AND JONES, E.L., JR., 1912, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 540 PART 1, PP. 202-207
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