The Sunset I Group is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.55389, -120.15861
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Sunset I Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset I Group
Secondary: Trujillo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Trujillo, Robert J.
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1910 - 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^984 Oz Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE AVERAGED $27.00/TON
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): AMADOR GROUP
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED SUNSET, SO. SUNSET EXT., LA VENUE & NACIMIENTO DEL ORO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY 1957
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 309
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