Description
A. F. Dunlap And J. Abbot
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlSnowshoe Anticline, Snowshoe Fault-Fissured And Sheeted Zone May Be Related To Dry Creek Stock
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueClay, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Ravalli Group, Argillite & Quartzite;Wallace Formation, Shale & Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Dry Creek Stock, Quartz Monzonite
StructureSnowshoe Anticline, Snowshoe Fault
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1890
Discovery year1889
Identification
Deposit ID10071382
MRDS IDW014727
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.20487, -115.6452
References
JOHNS, W. M., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS - LINCOLN & FLATHEAD CO, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 79.LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.JOHNS, 1970, MBMG BULL. 79