The Sunshine Prospect #1 is a clay, gold, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,050 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
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Clay, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.27361, -112.18556
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Sunshine Prospect #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Prospect #1
Commodity
Primary: Clay
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Mercur District
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Senicitization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Halloysite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Kaolinite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE VERTICAL SHAFT; COLLAPSED; DEW SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): THE SHALES AND LIMESTONES ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES, ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): CLAY SHALE IS GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, PLASTIC, IRON-STAINED, AND SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS AND DAOLIMITIC; LIMESTONES ARE SILICIFIED AND HAVE CALCITE VEINS. HOSTROCKS ORE VERY MUCH DEFORMED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): HYAFF, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.
Reference (Deposit): VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.
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