The Sunshine Mine is a tungsten and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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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
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Sunshine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Mine
Secondary: Claims: Sunshine
Secondary: Lacrosse
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Stringer District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: T. W. Atkinson Estate, 301 Holly Ave. Compton Ave, California
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300, 400 AND 500 FT. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Production): FREE-MILLING ORE.
Comment (Deposit): SUNSHINE VEIN 6-12 INCHES THICK. CUT BY A NUMBER OF FAULTS WHICH OFFSET VEIN A SHORT DISTANCE. ON THE 403 FT LEVEL, 57 FT WEST OF SHAFT, IT IS CUT BY A FAULT WHICH DIPS 50 SE. AT 230 FT EAST OF THE SHAFT, A NORTH-SOUTH VEIN INTERSECTS THE SUNSHINE VEIN. THE VEIN FOLLOWS A VERTICAL FAULT.
Comment (Geology): ALBITE SCHIST STRIKES N10E IN LOCALITY.
Comment (Deposit): 40 ACRES PATENTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 511, 522.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 143.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 329.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95, P. 144.
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