The Sunshine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.27194, -112.19500
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Sunshine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Camp Floyd District (Sunshine)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures (N 45 W)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. $2.81/TON A
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): JUST BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE
Comment (Workings): MINE BADLY CAVED
Comment (Commodity): ORE RESEMBLES THAT OF MERCUR MINE
Comment (Production): 1895-1910 PROD. EST. $221,000 IN AU
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE EXHAUSTED IN 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 387
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 138-139
Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #14, 1959, P. 220
Reference (Deposit): 3A) USGS TOPO QUAD, MERCUR, 7.5 MIN., 1968
Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV. SPEC. STUDIES 43 , 1973
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