The Snowshoe Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Montana at an elevation of 4,570 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,570 Feet (1,393 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.205, -115.64417
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Snowshoe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowshoe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lincoln
District: Libby (Snowshoe) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Foote, W. B.
Home Office: Kalispell, Mt, 59901
Owner Name: Sidney Mining Co,
Home Office: Box 1049, Kellogg, Id 83837
Production
Year: 1964
Time Period: 1890 - 1964
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 6 %
Year: 1964
Time Period: 1890 - 1964
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 3 Toz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Snowshoe Anticline
Type: L
Description: Snowshoe Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 145,000 ST ORE VALUED AT $1,211,000 - PRODUCTION ESTIMATED FROM TONNAGE, VALUE, AND GRADE . PRODUCTION YEARS ABOUT 1890 - 1900 , 1936 - 1941.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY LISTED (1974) AS DEVELOPING. DEVELOPMENT HAS INCLUDED TWO SHAFTS, FOUR ADITS, INTERMEDIATE LEVELS AND CONNECTING RAISES.
Comment (Deposit): THE SNOWSHOE GROUP INCLUDES THESE PATENTED CLAIMS: RUSTLER, SNOWSHOE QUARTZ, PORCUPINE, AND CHINOOK
References
Reference (Production): JOHNS, 1970, MBMG BULL. 79
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS - LINCOLN & FLATHEAD CO, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 79.
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.
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.
