Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryQuartz
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPOD
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Gersdorffite, Pyrite, Xenotime
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite,Limestone
StructureNe To Nw Strike, Shear Zone 6 M Thick At East End Of Deposit
Tectonic settingBetween Idaho Batholith On The South And The Montana Lineament On The North
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10071392
MRDS IDW014742
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.77738, -114.79514
References
SAHINEN, U. M., 1962, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 28, P. 11-14METZ, M. C., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SNOWBIRD DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: UNPUB. M.S. THESIS WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, 93 P.MINERALS YEARBOOK AND SAHINEN, 1962, P. 12