The Sunshine Mine South is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.27167, -112.19528
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Sunshine Mine South MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Mine South
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
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
Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Faults And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): THE TOTAL PRODCUTION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT $221,000 IN GOLD. THE TONNAGE FIGURES FOR THE ORE ARE NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS IN THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONES, BENEATH THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER. THE ORE OCCURS AT TWO HORIZONS, APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. APART STRATIGRAPHICALLY, EACH BELOW A CARBONACEOUS SHALY ZONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE BADLY CAVED AND IN ACCESSIBLE. THEY ARE DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINE TRENDING N75E AND HAVING A SLOPE OF 32 DEG. WITH THE BEDDING; DRIFTS FOLLOW FISSURES TRENDING N45W; ONE VERTICAL SHAFT OF 50 FT. BADLY CAVED; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLORED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN THE UNOXIDIZED (BASIC) ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES, INCLUDING GYPSUM, JAROSITE, SCORODITE, AND MELANTERITE
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE JASPEROID ZONES, MANY LIMESTONE BEDS ARE SILICIFIED TO JASPEROID. SHALES ARE LESS ALTERED AND SHOW LITTLE SERICITIZATION. THE ORE SHOOTS FOLLOW APPROXIMATELY THE INTERSECTION OF THE FISSURES WITH THE ORE BEDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
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): GILLULY,J.,1932,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P.138
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