The Snowbird is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.1581, -115.40940
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Snowbird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowbird
Secondary: Mcray Mine
Secondary: Red Bluffs
Secondary: Mccrae
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Ewardsburg
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Big Creek
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1973
Years: 1973 -
Owner Name: Mc Ray Tungsten
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1973
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Huebnerite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BMRG MINES MAP SERIES ELK CITY 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE 1981.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, YEARBOOK, 1956, P389.
Reference (Deposit): KIRKPATRICK, 1974, UNIV OF IDAHO THESIS, P.46.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PRO PPR 594 C, P4.
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