The Sunshine Claim is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.00139, -113.34000
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Sunshine Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Monument (Bloody Dick, Beaverhead) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: R. A. Wellborn
Home Office: Grant
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ONE PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN SEEMS TO BE A SHORT LENS.
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50-FT. SHAFT IN LINE WITH THE VEIN (BUT CONTAINING NO VEIN MINERALS) AND A 40-FT. ADIT EXPOSING THE VEIN.
Comment (Location): CLAIM COVERS A NW-SE DIAGONAL AREA IN THE NE 1/4, SECTION 5 AND SE 1/4, SECT. 32
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
