Washington Mine

The Washington Mine is a gold mine located in San Juan county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,402 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Washington Mine
Secondary: Sunnyside
Secondary: American Tunnel
Secondary: Sunnyside Mine Group
Secondary: Belle Creole
Secondary: Gold Prince
Secondary: Brenneman Mine
Secondary: Mogul Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Juan
District: Eureka District

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
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sunnyside Gold Corp.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Washington Mining Co
Company ID: 500417
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1994

Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Company ID: 500417
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1994

Production

Year: 1987
Description: 1,440 13,910 5,250 780 5,640 232210 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1986
Description: 690 6,570 2,370 410 3,150 133020 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1985
Description: 140 1,040 470 80 610 24760 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1984
Description: 1,030 9,750 4,730 600 5,660 165650 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1983
Description: 1,220 10,520 3,890 480 5,000 195950 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1982
Description: 1,320 8,670 4,040 400 5,560 213190 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1981
Description: 1,050 6,510 2,460 380 3,320 168740 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1980
Description: 630 4,580 2,100 230 2,300 99000 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 2
Description: _____ ______ _____ _____ _____
Year: 1
Description: Au,Kg Ag, Kg Pb,Mt Cu,Mt Zn,Mt
Description: Metals Recovered

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Adularia
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Rhodonite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING 1980 - 1987 PRODUCTION DATA FRM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS INVEST REC 1016: UNDGRD MINE OP COSTS INCLUDE UNDGRD MINE TRANS COST. INVEST REC 1026: SURFACE MINE OP COSTS INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION COST FROM MINE TO MILL. INVEST REC 1054: ROYALTY PAYMENT TO STANDARD METALS COMPANY AS PART OF 1985 PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY ECHO BAY MINES. THE NET PROFITS INTEREST IS TO BE CALCULATED AFTER DEDUCTING CERTAIN ITEMS INCLUDING THE $20 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS. IN 1988 THRU 1992, IF THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GOLD AS REPORTED BY THE COMEX FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PRECE- DING YEAR IS NOT LESS THAN $375 PER OZ ($12.06 PER GR), ALTA BAY WILL BE OBLIGATED TO PAY STANDARD METALS A MINUMUM ROYALTY OF $300,000/YR IF SUCH ROYALTY WOULD OTHERWISE BE REDUCED BELOW THAT AMOUNT AS A RESULT OF CAPITAL AND OTHER EXPENDITURES MADE IN SUCH YEAR. ECHO BAY HAS MADE ADVANCE ROYALTY PAYMENTS OF $1,250,000 WHICH WILL BE DEDUCTED, TOGETHER WITH ACCUMULATED INTEREST FROM THE NET PROFITS INTEREST BEGINNING IN 1991. (REF: ECHO BAY MINES 1987 ANN REPT, P. 58) SUNNYSIDE ALSO CUSTOM MILLS 18 MT/D ORE FROM GOLD KING EXTENSION (ADJACENT MINE OWNED BY GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED: FEED GRDS = 6.9 G/MT AU, 86 G/MT AG, 0.3% PB, 1% CU, 0.2% ZN. ALTA BAY VENTURE IS A JOINT VENTURE COMPANY CONSISTING OF ALTA GOLD COMPANY (60% OWNER) AND ECHO BAY MINES (40% OWNER). ECHO BAY PURCHASED SUNNYSIDE MINE FROM STANDARD METALS FOR $20 MILLION AND 30% OF NET PROFITS - SEE COM- MENT LINES I024-I056 PRODUCT REC E: GOLD-SILVER SPONGE AMALGAM. THE PERCENTAGE OF GOLD TO GOLD-SILVER CONTENT IS 81%, AND SILVER IS 19% THE ACTUAL GRADE OF SILVER OR GOLD IN THE MERCURY AMALGAM IS NOT KNOWN. AMALGAM SOLD ON BASIS OF GOLD-SILVER CON- TENT.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING 1980 - 1987 PRODUCTION DATA FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS

Comment (Deposit): SUNNYSIDE UPDATED IN FEB 1989. DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 2 (PROPOSED MANGANESE MINING OPERATION) DATA SET LEFT UNCHANGED FROM 1980 EVALUATION. SUNNYSIDE MINE CLOSED IN 1991.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): UPDATED PEFR RECEIVED FEB.1990. WILL BE INCLUDED IN 1992 AU STUDY. OTHER NAMES: SUNNYSIDE MINE (GROUP), BELLE CREOLE MINE, GOLD PRINCE MINE, WASHINGTON MINE, BRENNEMAN MINE, MOGUL MINE. INCLUDES SAN JUAN 0081110001 PURCHASED BY ECHO BAY MINES IN 1985/1986. PRESENT (1992) OWNERSHIP 50% ECHO BAY MINES / 50% WASHINGTON MINING. 1991 RES.= 291,000 ST (264,000 MT) @ .166 OZ/ST (5.68 G/MT) TAKEN FROM ECHO BAY 1990 ANN.REP. - (8 JUNE 93) NOTE: AG, PB, ZN AND CU GRADES FROM QUANTITY MATRICES 1 & 2

Comment (Geology): THE STRIKE OF THE SUNNYSIDE VEIN VARIES FROM N 50 E THRU EAST-WEST TO N 40 W IN ARCUATE STRIKE. INTERIOR DIP 80

Comment (Ownership): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING 1980 - 1987 PRODUCTION DATA FRM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS INVEST REC 1016: UNDGRD MINE OP COSTS INCLUDE UNDGRD MINE TRANS COST. INVEST REC 1026: SURFACE MINE OP COSTS INCLUDES TRANS- PORTATION COST FROM MINE TO MILL. INVEST REC 1054: ROYALTY PAYMENT TO STANDARD METALS COMPANY AS PART OF 1985 PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY ECHO BAY MINES. THE NET PROFITS INTEREST IS TO BE CALCULATED AFTER DEDUC- TING CERTAIN ITEMS INCLUDING THE $20 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND OPERATING AND ADMINISTRA- TION COSTS. IN 1988 THRU 1992, IF THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GOLD AS REPORTED BY THE COMEX FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PRECE- DING YEAR IS NOT LESS THAN $375 PER OZ ($12.06 PER GR), ALTA BAY WILL BE OBLIGATED TO PAY STANDARD METALS A MINUMUM ROYALTY OF $300,000/YR IF SUCH ROYALTY WOULD OTHERWISE BE REDUCED BELOW THAT AMOUNT AS A RESULT OF CAPITAL AND OTHER EXPENDITURES MADE IN SUCH YEAR. ECHO BAY HAS MADE ADVANCE ROYALTY PAYMENTS OF $1,250,000 WHICH WILL BE DEDUCTED, TOGETHER WITH ACCUMULATED INTEREST FROM THE NET PROFITS INTEREST BEGINNING IN 1991. (REF: ECHO BAY MINES 1987 ANN REPT, P. 58) SUNNYSIDE ALSO CUSTOM MILLS 18 MT/D ORE FROM GOLD KING EXTENSION (ADJACENT MINE OWNED BY GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED: FEED GRDS = 6.9 G/MT AU, 86 G/MT AG, 0.3% PB, 1% CU, 0.2% ZN. ALTA BAY VENTURE IS A JOINT VENTURE COMPANY CONSISTING OF ALTA GOLD COMPANY (60% OWNER) AND ECHO BAY MINES (40% OWNER). ECHO BAY PURCHASED SUNNYSIDE MINE FROM STANDARD METALS FOR $20 MILLION AND 30% OF NET PROFITS - SEE COM- MENT LINES I024-I056

Comment (Economic Factors): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING 1980 - 1987. (REF: ECHO BAY MINES 1987 ANN REPT, P. 58) SUNNYSIDE ALSO CUSTOM MILLS 18 MT/D ORE FROM GOLD KING EXTENSION (ADJACENT MINE OWNED BY GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED: FEED GRDS = 6.9 G/MT AU, 86 G/MT AG, 0.3% PB, 1% CU, 0.2% ZN.

Comment (Economic Factors): FEED GRADES FROM DEV SCH 1, MILL REC 1 ARE BLENDED FEED GRADES FROM SUNNYSIDE SURF & UNDGRD ORES AND GOLD KING EXTENSION ORES.

References

Reference (Deposit): P. 189-265

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Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L.,1901, A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): SILVERTON QUAD., COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, 265 P.

Reference (Deposit): SPUR,J.E.,1925,THE CAMPBIRD COMPOUND VEINDIKE: ECON. GEOL.,V

Reference (Deposit): P.115-152

Reference (Deposit): -------,ORE DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLO

Reference (Deposit): IN RIDGE J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933

Reference (Deposit): (GRATON-SALES VOLUMES): CHAP. 33, V. 1, 1880P.

Reference (Deposit): -------,1964, REVISED TERTIARY VOLCANIC SEQUENCE IN THE CENT

Reference (Deposit): JUAN MTNS COLO.: USGS PROF. PAPER 475-D, P. D54-D63

Reference (Deposit): -------,OURAY FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 153 20

Reference (Deposit): IRVING, J.D., 1905, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OURAY DISTRICT, COLO

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W. AND OTHERS,1970, VOLCANIC HISTORY OF THE SAN JU

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO, AS INDICATED BY POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING: GEOL. S

Reference (Deposit): AMER. BULL., V. 81, P. 2329-2352

Reference (Deposit): LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE OURAY Q

Reference (Deposit): RANGLE, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. QUAD. 152, 1 IN TO 5280 FEET

Reference (Deposit): -------, 1963, TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE WESTERN

Reference (Geology): YOUNG, WILLIAM E., MANGANESE OCCURRENCES IN THE EUREKA-

Reference (Geology): ANIMAS FORKS AREA OF THE SAN JUAN MTNS, SAN JUAN COUNTY,

Reference (Geology): COLORADO. BU MINES IC 8303, 1966, 52 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MURPHY, J. A. THE SAN JUAN MTNS OF COLORADO, MINERALOG-

Reference (Deposit): ICAL RECORD, NOV-DEC 1979, PP. 349-361

Reference (Production): AGEY, W. W., C. H. SCHACK & J. B. CLEMMER. METALLURGICAL

Reference (Production): STUDIES OF RHODONITE ORES, SILVERTON DISTRICT, COLORADO,

Reference (Production): BU MINES RI 6055 (PART 1), 1962, 16PP.

Reference (Deposit): VARNES, D.J.,1947,RECENT DEVELOPEMENTS ON THE BLACK BEAR VEI

Reference (Deposit): MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 15, P. 1

Reference (Deposit): -------,ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC DEFORMATION ACCORDING TO VON MIS

Reference (Deposit): THEORY WITH APPLICIATION TO THE SOUTH SILVERTON AREA, SAN

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-B, 49 P.

Reference (Deposit): -------,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH SILVERTON MINI

Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-A, P. A1-

Reference (Deposit): -------,1960, SILVERTON, COLORADO, IN RELATION OF ORE DEPOSI

Reference (Deposit): DOMING IN NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEM

Reference (Deposit): P. 26-36

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD. AGREEMENT REACHED ON MINE SITE CLEAN-UP.

Reference (Deposit): V.107/N8. FEBRUARY 2, 1996. P.12.

Reference (Deposit): BAARS,D.L.,AND SEE,P.D.,1968, PRE-PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY

Reference (Deposit): PALEOTECTONICS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN CO

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL., V.79, P. 333-349

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S.,1923, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAI

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: USGS BULL. 735-D, P.65-129

Reference (Deposit): BEJNAR,W., 1949, LITHOLOGIC CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE S

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS COLORADO: COMPASS, V.26, P. 117-130

Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S.,1930, REVISION OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AND STRAT

Reference (Deposit): IN THE OURAY DISTRICT OF COLORADO, AND ITS BEARING ON ORE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ECHO BAY MINES 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): BIRD, ALLEN G., NEW GOLD-SILVER DISCOVERIES AT THE

Reference (Deposit): SUNNYSIDE MINE, SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO, COLORADO MINING

Reference (Deposit): IATION, 1975 MINING YEARBOOK, 1976, PP. 83-84.

Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E. EDITOR, 1957, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF T

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEO

Reference (Deposit): 8TH FIELD CONF., GUIDEBOOK, P. 102-207, 217-221

Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S. JR., AND CROSS, W., 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY

Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 258

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 260, P. 50-77

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND MINES OF THE M

Reference (Deposit): POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OUR

Reference (Deposit): JUAN, AND HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR

Reference (Deposit): 14, NO. 7, P. 287-466

Reference (Deposit): KELLY, V. C., AND SILVER C., 1946, STAGES AND EPOCHS OF MINE

Reference (Deposit): ZATION IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS SHOWN AT T

Reference (Deposit): DUNMORE MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: ECON. GEOL., V. 41

Reference (Deposit): 159

Reference (Deposit): SITION: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V.12, NO. 6, P. 151-232

Reference (Deposit): -------,1933,VEIN SYSTEMS OF THE ARRASTRE BASIN AND REGIONAL

Reference (Deposit): LOGIC STRUCTURE OF THE SILVERTON AND TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE

Reference (Deposit): P. 175-208

Reference (Deposit): MOEHLMAN, R.S.,1936, ORE DEPOSITION SOUTH OF OURAY, COLORADO

Reference (Deposit): GEOL., V. 31 P. 377-397, 488-504

Reference (Deposit): -------,1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, SOUT

Reference (Deposit): ERN COLORADO: USGS GEOL QUAD MAP, GQ 504, 1:24000

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND LARSEN,E.S., 1935, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOL

Reference (Deposit): THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL.

Reference (Deposit): 189 P.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND PURRINGTON, C.W., 1899 TELLURIDE FOLIO, COLOR

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V.14, NO.5, P.

Reference (Deposit): -------,1950, PROBLEMS OF WALLROCK ALTERATION IN SHALLOW VOL

Reference (Deposit): ENVIROMENTS, IN VAN TUYL AND KUHN, EDITORS, APPLIED GEOLO

Reference (Deposit): -------,1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN SAN JU

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS,COLORADO, IN RIDGE,J.D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF TH

Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUMES): CHAP. 3

Reference (Deposit): V.1 1880 P.

Reference (Deposit): -------,1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EUREKA AND ADJOINI

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Reference (Deposit): ------, 1968, VOLCANISM AND CAULDRON DEVELOPEMENT IN THE EAS

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Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND OTHERS, 1905, SILVERTON FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS

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Reference (Deposit): -------,1951, THE SUNNYSIDE, ROSS BASIN, AND BONITA FAULT SY

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Reference (Deposit): -------,1960, PRE-ORE PROPYLIZATION, SILVERTON CALDERA, COLO

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Reference (Deposit): JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 475C, P. C39-C44

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Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, SNEFFELS AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS OF THE SAN JU

Reference (Deposit): -------,1933, THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, IN COLORADO: 1

Reference (Deposit): INT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 19, P. 34-63

Reference (Deposit): -------,1940,STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITITION IN THE

Reference (Deposit): UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICT, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL.

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