The Snowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property is a tungsten and copper mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.67778, -112.46722
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Snowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property
Secondary: Arnold Bielenberg
Secondary: Strategic
Secondary: Shamrock
Secondary: Snowbird
Secondary: Montana Old Lady Smith
Secondary: Friday
Secondary: Boulder Ore
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Ophir 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. B. Burleson, E. E. Eckledafer, E. C. Hughes, Claude Bliedenberg
Home Office: Deer Lodge, Mt
Owner Name: Glenski, F. L.
Home Office: Helena, Mont.
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE WO3
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.54% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
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: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5.0% CU
Analytical Data: TUNGSTATE AREA 0.10 TO 0.53% WO3
Analytical Data: SHAMROCK AREA 0.3 TO 5.15% WO3
Analytical Data: STRATEGIC AREA ASS. 0.01 TO 1.15%WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONES CAN BE AS MUCH AS 180 BY 700 FT. ORE DEPOSITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TACTITE ZONES. AT FRIDAY MINE SCHEELITE IS FOUND ON DUMP NOT IN THE MINE. THE VEIN IS SAID TO BE ABOUT 15 FT WIDE AND 0.75 MILE LONG, DIPS TOWARD THE SW. IT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE QUARTZITE.
Comment (Geology): STRATEGIC LODE ON MADISON LIMESTON (MISS) FROM KNOPFA. 1942, WRITTEN COMM.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THESE RESERVES ARE AT THE ARNOLD PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY COVERS AN AREA 3200 FT LONG, 2500 FT WIDE. MANY ADITS. A MAIN ADIT ABOUT 240 FT LONG, MANY PITS AND CUTS, AND 4 SHORT ADITS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK ACROSS FROM THE MAIN ADIT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Commodity): MANY WIDELY SCATTERED EXPOSURES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING ROCK
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS FOR AU, AG, CU, PB ORE WERE 1917-1919, 1937, AND 1960. MOST WO3 PRODUCTION CAME FROM ARNOLD AND OLD LADY SMITH MINES (WALKER, DD USBM REP. 6334.)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940 (TUNGSTEN) 1880 (COPPER)
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1942 WRITTEN COMM.(STRATEGIC LODE)
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 98, P. 62; USBM R1 6334.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 29-30, 35.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 27, 31, 62.
Reference (Deposit): USBM R1 6334, P. 48, 49, 58.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DMEA FILES
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.
