The Sunshine Group is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,051 Feet (930 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.8133, -149.55860
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Sunshine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. S. Pettyjohn
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: Pete Kopovich And Tom Sabel
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1923
Production
Year: 1980
Description: Total Reported Production 347 Oz. Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings consist of three adits at the 625, 823, and 930 m. elevations. The lower level is caved at the portal, the middle level, reportedly 91.4 m. long, is caved 22.9 m. from the portal. The upper adit is accessible and is 39.6 m. long. Several pits occur in the area. TOTAL REPORTED PRODUCTION: 347 oz. Au.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-037
Reference (Deposit): B849I p. 498, plate 36 No. 14
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380901
Reference (Deposit): PE95-8 3 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MF880A
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-293).
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