The Snowstorm Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Montana at an elevation of 2,556 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,556 Feet (779 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.43306, -115.98972
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Snowstorm Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowstorm Mine
Secondary: B and B Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lincoln
District: Troy District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Big Eight, Inc.
Owner Name: Trojan Silver-Lead Mining Co.,
Home Office: C/O President R. C. Ockey S. 2011 Julia Ct. Spokane, Wa 99203
Production
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1912 - 1927
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 4 %
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1912 - 1927
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 0.01 %
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1912 - 1927
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 2 Toz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Spar Lake Syncline, Leonia Fault
Type: L
Description: Leonia Fault East Of Property
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN SYSTEM IN MAFIC DIKE WHICH IS ENCLOSED BY PRICHARD FORMATION. ORO VEIN TO THE NORTHWEST BELIEVED TO BE IN EXTENSION OF SNOWSTORM DIKE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED USING GIBSON'S ESTIMATE OF TOTAL VALUE, AND COUNTY PRODUCTION SHOWN BY JOHNS
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES AND TWO SHAFTS, SUNK TO DEPTHS OF 125 AND 600 FT. ADITS 6 AND 7 WERE 1900 AND 2350 FT IN LENGTH RESPECTIVELY. LOWEST TUNNEL SERVED AS MAIN HAULAGEWAY.
Comment (Deposit): REPORTEDLY LARGEST PRODUCER OF THE LIBBY QUADRANGLE
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS - LINCOLN & FLATEHAD CO, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 79.
Reference (Deposit): GIBSON, R., 1948, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LIBBY QUAD., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 956
Reference (Production): GIBSON, 1948, U.S.G.S. BULL. 956; JOHNS, 1970, MBMG BULL. 79
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.
