The Snowshoe Mine is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,474 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,474 Feet (2,583 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.04583, -110.59917
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Snowshoe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowshoe Mine
Secondary: Hulse Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Leased By The Anaconda Co.
Owner Name: Crevasse Mtn. Mining Co., Butte, Mt 59701
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Broad Syncline That Pitches Gently Eastward
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MINE FACE SAMPLE ASSAYED WO3 0.55%, AU 0.08 OZ/ST, AG 0.05 OZ/ST
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): VALUE OF PRODUCED ORE $25,000. FIGURES FOR PRIOR SPORADIC PRODUCTION UNAVAILABLE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST SLOPE OF CREVASSE MTN.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND AN OPEN-CUT. THE LARGEST PORTION OF PRODUCTION ATTRIBUTED TO THE OPEN-CUT WHICH MEASURES 30 TO 90 FT WIDE BY 150 FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): LODE ZONE AVERAGES APPROXIMATELY 5 FT. WIDE IN SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS - JARDINE - CREVASSE MTN. DISTRICT, PARK CO., MT, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23.
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): 1977 COMPILE MBMG SP PUB 75
Reference (Production): REED, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546.
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.
