Sunset Mine

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036351
MRDS ID M025136
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Cape Horn Vein
Related records 10177850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.63726, 43.62315 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022S 001E 36 Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.63726, 43.62315

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 90 W
    Dip 75-80 S
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATTER CONSISTS LARGELY OF ALTERNATING BANDS OF DRUSY COMB QUARTZ, LUMPS OF KAOLIN, AND VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF SULPHIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1175 FT IN THREE DRIFT ADITSNO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 320

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 79

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON, P. 76

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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