The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN004522 SILVERTIP GROUP / O. A. HOWARD INDEX/DREADHAUGHT/SILVERTIP LIBBY LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300530242 48.1936 -115.6417
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
28N 31W 7 DCCB 5339262 600789 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F KALISPELL LIBBY SNOWSHOE PEAK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 8/5/1998 PAH
Commodities Table
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Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
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Watershed Code: 17010101
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: This deposit is a continuation of the vein explored by the Snowshoe mine on Snowshoe Creek (Gibson, 1948). The main working was driven along the Snowshoe fault for 300 feet (Johns, 1970) and the site has been inactive since at least 1926. These prospects were viewed from the Cherry Creek trail. No discharges were noted and because of the remote nature of the site few problems were anticipated.
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: Y
Comments: SOUTH OF SNOWSHOE MINE; UNPATENTED CLAIM. WORKINGS VIEWED FROM BIG CHERRY CREEK.
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 8/20/1998
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