The Sunset Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,526 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: 2,526 Feet (770 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 47.4986, -116.23750
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Sunset Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Mine
Secondary: Epic Silver Inc.
Secondary: Liberal King Mine
Secondary: Clark
Secondary: Sunset Minerals Mine
Secondary: Liberal Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Yreka
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: Spokane National Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: George Horne
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: - 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.1 Oz Ag/Ton, 4.1 % Pb, 6.1 % Zn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: REPLACEMENT; FISSURE VEIN
Form: IRREGULAR, LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Epidote, Sericitization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.67 OZ. AG, 0.03 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Development): 40 Claims
Comment (Deposit): In the Pine Creek Belt. Attitude of Sb Vein Was N 75 Deg W Strike, Vertical Dip
References
Reference (Deposit): Jones, E. L., Jr., 1920 , A Reconnaissance Of The Pine Creek District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 710 , 36 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Recon E. L. Jones Bulletin 710
Reference (Deposit): 1923 Geolmap Umpleby & Jones, Bulletin 732
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445
Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, 1974 Mining Activity List
Reference (Production): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quarterly Of The Colorado Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 173. { Jones, E. L., Jr., 1920 , USGS Bulletin 710
Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Feb. 5 , 1969
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975 , Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974 , USBM, Boise, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): Forrester, J. D., And Nelson, V. E., 1944 , Lead And Zinc Deposits Of The Pine Creek Area, Coeur D'Alene Mining Region, USGS Open-File Report
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