Sunset Mine

The Sunset Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,526 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: Sunset Mine
Secondary: Epic Silver Inc.
Secondary: Liberal King Mine
Secondary: Clark
Secondary: Sunset Minerals Mine
Secondary: Liberal Creek Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
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: Spokane National Mines, Inc.

Owner Name: George Horne

Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: - 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.1 Oz Ag/Ton, 4.1 % Pb, 6.1 % Zn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: St. Joe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: REPLACEMENT; FISSURE VEIN

Form: IRREGULAR, LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Epidote, Sericitization, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.67 OZ. AG, 0.03 OZ AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): 40 Claims

Comment (Deposit): In the Pine Creek Belt. Attitude of Sb Vein Was N 75 Deg W Strike, Vertical Dip

References

Reference (Deposit): Jones, E. L., Jr., 1920 , A Reconnaissance Of The Pine Creek District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 710 , 36 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1920 Recon E. L. Jones Bulletin 710

Reference (Deposit): 1923 Geolmap Umpleby & Jones, Bulletin 732

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445

Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, 1974 Mining Activity List

Reference (Production): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quarterly Of The Colorado Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 173. { Jones, E. L., Jr., 1920 , USGS Bulletin 710

Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.

Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Feb. 5 , 1969

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975 , Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974 , USBM, Boise, 61 P.

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , 156 P.

Reference (Deposit): Forrester, J. D., And Nelson, V. E., 1944 , Lead And Zinc Deposits Of The Pine Creek Area, Coeur D'Alene Mining Region, USGS Open-File Report

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