The Snowbird Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 46.78417, -114.76917
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Snowbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowbird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: REE
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: (Unorganized District)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Finlen And Sheridan, Contractors
Home Office: 1300 Chicago St, Butte, Montana 59701
Owner Name: E. Lord And M. Bacon, Albertson, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1956
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: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith Intrudes The Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED BY F. & S. MINING CO. AFTER TWO YEARS
Comment (Workings): VEIN DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE HYDROTHERMAL BUT SAHINEN REPORTS A PEGMATITIC TEXTURE TO IT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, UNO M., 1962, FLUOSPAR DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 28.
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, K. S. AND ACKERMAN, W., 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTEPRISES 1957, MONT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 20.
Reference (Production): SAHINEN, U. M., 1962, M. B. M. G. BULLETIN 28.
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.
