The Sunset Group is a antimony and gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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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
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Sunset Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Group
Secondary: Sunshine
Secondary: Suncrack
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Virtue
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1942, SUNSET GROUP OF CLAIMS; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-7
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1942, SUNSET GROUP OF CLAIMS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR
Oregon Gold
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