Snowdrift Mine

The Snowdrift Mine is a antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,535 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

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Site Name

Primary: Snowdrift Mine
Secondary: Antimony Group
Secondary: Dunnisher's Spring
Secondary: Knight & Morris
Secondary: Bonita Spring, Juniper Hills, Rosebud District ?

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: N5-30w

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.08% PB AND 0.06% CU.
Analytical Data: 0.11% AS
Analytical Data: 2 GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 50.6% SB

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 1 1/3 MILE SE OF RED BUTTE MINE

Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, ADITS, INCLINES, SHAFTS, STOPES

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 6-28 INCHES WIDE CONSISTING OF ANGULAR WALLROCK FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY QUARTZ. FRAGMENTS ARE PARTIALLY SILICIFIED.

Comment (Deposit): JUST BEFORE W.W. I, THE MINE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE. IN 1923, 2 TONS ORE (30% SB) WERE MINED. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES, A SHORT ADIT, 2 SHORT INCLINED SHAFTS, AND SOME STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1961, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT (1984)

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG.OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1961

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.