Sunshine Consolidated Mine

The Sunshine Consolidated Mine is a silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,631 feet.

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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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Site Name

Primary: Sunshine Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Yankee Girl Vein
Secondary: Sunshine Mine
Secondary: Perhaps
Secondary: Ida
Secondary: Gullickson

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sunshine Consolidated, Inc.

Owner Name: Sunshine Min. Co.

Production

Year: 1968
Material type: AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^15.58 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Alhambra Fault, Big Creek Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 30 TO 35 OZ AG ORE. CORE ASSAY OF 15 OZ AG/TON. ORE BLOCK BETWEEN 3400 AND 3700 AVERAGES 34.9 OZ AG/TON.

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Location): PROPERTY LIES IMMEDIATELY W OF SUNSHINE MINE AND S OF BUNKER HILL'S CRESENT MINE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): WEST MIN. NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES REPORTED 15 OZ AG 117400 TONS RESERVE BLOCKED OUT ( P. 148 ). ITEM 5 IS RESERVES IN YANKEE GIRL, VEIN AREA END OF 1974 . ITEM 4 REFERS TO SUN CON'S SHARE OF BIG CREEK'S 1974 RESERVES.

Comment (Production): 50 TONS AG ORE DAILY FROM THE 325 FT DEVELOPMENT RAISE ON YANKEE GIRL VEIN. ITEM 2 FROM 7312 - TON ORE BLOCK. ITEM 4 FROM 1400 TONS OF DRIFT ORE.

Comment (Development): 27 PATENTED, 64 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. A 1000 TPD MILL, SB LEACHING PLANT, AND AN ELECTROLYTIC SB PLANT.

Comment (Deposit): GIVEN LENGTH IS YANKEE GIRL VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): SUNSHINE CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY SUNSHINE ON A 50 - 50 BASIS.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 21 , 1973 ; JUNE 10 , 1970 ; MAR. 14 , 1969 , APRIL 21 , 1969 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; FEB. 9 , 1967

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN, MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 148

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE MINER, JAN. 8 , 1976 , P. 2 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) SUNSHINE'S 1974 ANNUAL REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 47

Reference (Production): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 1 , 1968 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; MAR. 31 , 1967 ; AP. 17 , 1975

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