The New Snowbird is a tungsten and copper mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1628, -115.40390
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New Snowbird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Snowbird
Secondary: Mc Rae Mine
Secondary: Red Bluff
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. And H. Hollingsworth
Owner Name: Mc Rae Tungsten Corp.
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1942-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 % Wo4
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1942
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE ASSAYS YIELD 1.75% WO3
Analytical Data: MILLHEADS AVG. 0.98% WO3
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE HUEBNERITE: SCHEELITE RATIO IS 2:1.
Comment (Production): FIGURES INCLUDE MINOR PRODUCTION FROM RED BLUFF AND SNOWBIRD MINES
Comment (Development): 2 GROUPS OF CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF AGE OF QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, BELIEVING IT IS BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS HAD LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCKS OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH.
Comment (Location): LIES BETWEEN RED BLUFF & SNOWBIRD MINES; BETWEEN NORTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF SMITH CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32
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. 45-46.
Reference (Deposit): GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Production): COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32
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