The Big Sunshine is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 459 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: 459 Feet (140 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.71556, -124.30556
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Big Sunshine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Sunshine
Secondary: Bill Johnson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sixes River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hatton, L. B. And D. I.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Panter, W. A., M. E., W. R., Ruby; E. E. And Charles
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAVEL SAID TO RUN $0.75/YD IN AU AND PT (1939)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE. PT REPORTEDLY EQUALS HALF AU BY WEIGHT; HOWEVER, PRESENCE OF PT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED
Comment (Location): ON ELK RIVER AT MOUTH OF SUNSHINE CREEK
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS COMPOSED OF SLATES AND SANDSTONES OF MYRTLE FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M025249.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1, P. 81.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.
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