Big Sunshine

The Big Sunshine is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 459 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Big Sunshine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Curry

Elevation: 459 Feet (140 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 42.71556, -124.30556

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Big Sunshine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Sunshine
Secondary: Bill Johnson


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum


Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sixes River Area


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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Hatton, L. B. And D. I.
Years: 1939 -

Owner Name: Panter, W. A., M. E., W. R., Ruby; E. E. And Charles
Years: 1939 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAVEL SAID TO RUN $0.75/YD IN AU AND PT (1939)


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE. PT REPORTEDLY EQUALS HALF AU BY WEIGHT; HOWEVER, PRESENCE OF PT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED

Comment (Location): ON ELK RIVER AT MOUTH OF SUNSHINE CREEK

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS COMPOSED OF SLATES AND SANDSTONES OF MYRTLE FORMATION

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M025249.


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1, P. 81.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.


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