The Sunday Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 7,579 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,579 Feet (2,310 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.41222, -113.09444
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Sunday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunday Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Thrust
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Granite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LABELED PORT ROYAL MINES ON TOPO MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN $73,000 IN GOLD. ASSUMING $20/TOZ FOR GOLD GIVES ESTIMATED PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN AND IS INTERSECTED BY AN ADIT A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE. LODE IS A SHEETED ZONE COMPOSED OF 3 OR 4 NARROW PARALLEL VEINS AN AMALAMATING MILL BELOW SHAFT HOUSE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, 247.
Reference (Deposit): SILVERMAN, A., 1965, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, IN GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: BILLINGS GEOL. SOC. 16TH FLD, CONF., P. 108-119
Reference (Production): USGS PROF. PAPER 78
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.
