The Snowbird Mine is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,301 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: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.1581, -115.40940
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Snowbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowbird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Rae Tungsten Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1942
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Faults With N-Ne Strike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OTHER SAMPLES: 100 - 300 OZ AG/TON, 2 - 4 OZ. AU/TON, FEW % OF CU, PB, ZN
Analytical Data: SURFACE ASSAYS AVG. 1.75% WO3
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stolzite
Ore: Digenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHORT DISTANCE W OF MCREA MINE BETWEEN MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OF SMITH CREEK
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $90,000 PRODUCTION. ORE PRODUCED IN 1956 AVERAGED 0.65% WO3.
Comment (Development): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): LEONARD (1968) SAYS HOST ROCK IS GRANITIC ROCK OF IDAHO BATHOLITH. KIRKPATRICK BELIEVES IT IS QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, DATED ANYTIME BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS
References
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE-TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233.
Reference (Deposit): LEONARD, B. F., AND OTHERS, 1968 , SILVER - RICH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES FROM A TUNGSTEN - BEARING QUARTZ LODE, BIG CREEK DISTRICT, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594 - C.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOCHEM B. F. LEONARD AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 594-C
Reference (Production): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P 46
Reference (Deposit): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 46 - 47
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
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