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Sunset Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036051
MRDS ID M024066
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.14645, 36.42136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position JUST S. OF SKIDOO ROAD 1.5 MI S. SKIDOO
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 045E 29,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM SURFACE TO 50 - FT. LEVEL, ORE AVG. 4 FT. IN THICKNESS AND CARRIED 0.50 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.14645, 36.42136
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Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. APPROX. 100 TONS OF ORE CARRYING AVG. $20/TON AU WAS SHIPPED TO CUSTOM MILLS.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT LODES FOR 200 FT. ALONG SURFACE. INCLINE, DRIFTS 50 FT. LONG, RUN ON 50, 100 AND 125 FT. LEVELS. SOME STOPING ABOVE 50 FT. LEVEL. WORKED LAST IN 1940

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M024066

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 52

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, THICKEST E. OF SHAFT NEAR N - TRENDING FAULT. OREBODIES FEW IN. - 6 FT. THICK
Deposit 4 CLAIMS. SUNSET NO. 1, NO. 2, NATIONAL AND ST LAWRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey