Snowstorm Mine

The Snowstorm Mine is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,990 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

Name: Snowstorm Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 3,990 Feet (1,216 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 47.4817, -115.72780

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Snowstorm Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Snowstorm Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Hunter


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Snow Storm Silver-Lead Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1922 - 1931

Owner Name: John Sekulic and others
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: Roberts-Coeur d'Alene Mining and Milling Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1927 - 1927

Owner Name: Snow Storm Leasing Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1926 - 1926

Owner Name: Oregon-Idaho Mining and Concentrating Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1926 - 1928

Owner Name: Snow Storm Mines Consolidated
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Spokane, Washington
Years: 1916 - 1923

Owner Name: Snow Storm Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Larson, Idaho
Years: 1900 - 1916

Owner Name: Heward, J.H. & Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1904 - 1906


Production

Year: 1983
Time Period: 1904-1943
Mined: 749861.000 mt
Material type: Ore


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett


Orebody

Form: BLANKET, TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Snowstorm Fault, Granite Peak Syncline

Type: R
Description: Osburn Fault Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Zone Extends To 1600 Foot Level


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Sericite
Trace: Copper
Trace: Azurite
Trace: Silver


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP REFER TO THE ENCLOSING REVETT FM

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE 1912 DATA. IN 1904 ORE WAS 4% CU, 6 OZ/TON AG, 0.1 OZ/TON AU

Comment (Geology): SNOWSTORM FAULT CUTS OFF ORE BODY ON THE SOUTHERN END ; GEOL.ENV: M10GEOSYNCLINAL SED ROCKS

Comment (Development): 4 TUNNELS ; ECON.COM: AERIAL TRAMWAY TRANSPORTED ORE TO LARSON TO A 100 TON/DAY CONCENTRATOR. (1912)

Comment (Production): Ore production and metal recovery from Mitchell and Bennett (1983); grade data calculated from U.S. Bureau of Mines production data using historic mill recovery data.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Resource estimated by V. Hollister in private report dated 10/1949.


References

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, JOSEPH B. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 732, PP. 28-29, 115-117.

Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, VERNE C.,JR., 1964, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, PP. 13,35,43

Reference (Production): Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C.,AND JONES, E.L., JR., 1912, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 540 PART 1, PP. 202-207


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