The Sunset is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Sunset MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: See Argonaut Mine, Secs. 17, 20, 21
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): JOHN J. RATTO AND C. R. DAGGETT WERE PRODUCING SOME VERY GOOD ORE FROM THE 300 FT. LEVEL OF THIS MINE IN 1924. WORKED BY SIERRA METALS IN 1927. NOTE THAT REFERENCES SHOW LOCATION IN SEC. 9, 5N, 11E, BUT THE GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION IS AS SHOWN ABOVE. UNPUB. MAP FOR CONS. DIV. SHOWS A PROSPECT IN N 1/2 NE 1/4 BUT THIS WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE CORRECT LOCATION. TOPO MAPS SUTTER CREEK 1962 & JACKSON, SHOW A RATTO MINE IN SW 1/4 SEC. 16 THIS TP. MAYBE THAT IS THE CORRECT LOCATION OF THE SUNSET MINE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AT LEAST 300 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 259
Reference (Deposit): REPORT 23 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 182-3
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