Sunnyside Mine

The Sunnyside Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Sunnyside Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.29528, -117.74250

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Sunnyside Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunnyside Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Kennedy District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: TABULAR VEIN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MOUNT TOBIN (1961) 1:625000

Comment (Production): 2 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1935

Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS. ORE IS MINED BY HAND METHODS. TWO CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1935. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINAL DEPOSITS CO, N.B.M. BULL 89

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.