The Sunshine Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,640 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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.43806, -111.69917
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Sunshine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock. Brecciation Possibly Controlled By Nearby Fault Striking S 15 W And Dipping 71 E.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HIGH GRADE OF ORE PRODUCED INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ADDITIONAL ORE AT PERHAPS 1/2 GRADE OF PRODUCED ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592
Reference (Production): USBM IC 7592
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
