The Sunshine Group is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.57556, -120.01639
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Sunshine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Group
Secondary: Claims: Sunshine 1,2 Sunnyside
Secondary: Rosebud
Secondary: Johnny F.
Secondary: Yosemite Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Whitlock
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Herbert D. Merrill
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST ADJOINS CLAIMS OF THE GOLDEN KEY GROUPADJOINS CLAIMS OF THE GOLDEN KEY GROUP
Comment (Production): ABOUT 300 TONS MILLED AT $12.50/TON
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, SEVERAL, 1 - 3 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, RAISE, STOPE 140 X 100 FT, TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): PORPHYRY FOOTWALL, SLATE HANGING WALL
References
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. 310
Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P 140
Reference (Production): CASTELLO 1921
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