Sunny Corner Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019652
MRDS ID DC11054
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Corner Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunny, Milburn
Related records 10294368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04531, 45.91351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 MI NE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 24 SE OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Wallrock Replacement

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04531, 45.91351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Bull Mtn. Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Discordant Latite Intrusion, Ne And Nw Trending Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip S
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone-Latite/Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT REPLACEMENT TO 5 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Williamson, William
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • 16 PRODUCTION YEARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 230 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 400 FT OF DRIFT, AND TWO CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    ALEXANDER, R.G. 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA: YELLOWSTONE - BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-21-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON MBMG BULLETIN 16

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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