Sunday Mine

The Sunday Mine is a gold mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,149 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sunday Mine
Secondary: Pluto
Secondary: West Slope
Secondary: Neptune Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gillies, Jay
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: FLAT-"TABLE LIKE"

Structure

Type: R
Description: Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt

Type: L
Description: Nne Striking Fracture Hosting A Quartz Vein, N-S Striking, Arcuate Normal Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericific Alteration

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS (250) (50)

References

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reference (Deposit): UGMS ECON FILES 1979 CRIB 1-BEAVER-13

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, A.E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS:MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P.O. BOX 262, D-ANA POINT, CA, 92629

Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191

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