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Sunnyside Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Talc-Soapstone
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047110
MRDS ID M242360
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Mine
Alternate or previous names Star Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70898, 37.41551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position ABOUT 2.9 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF PALMETTO SMELTER RUINS ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 038E 13 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS MEDIUM-DARK GRAY, SHATTERED CHLORITE WITH TRACE OF TALC. WESTERN ORE BODY IS MOSTLY TALC WITH SOME CHLORITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite;Wyman
    Rock description Reed Dolomite;Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70898, 37.41551
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults; Brecciation Of Ore

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip NEAR 90
    Length 365.76M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Dolomite And Hornfels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer George Harvey, Jr., Tex Rodgers, S.S. Harvey
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Roy Knight (1950'S)

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT. ADIT, A FEW TRENCHES; 60 FT X 35 FT PIT WITH 18-FT FACE AT W END; OPEN CUT WITH 2 INCLINED SHAFTS AT ENDS ON SOUTH SIDE OF RIDGE, 700 FT WEST OF OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1940'S WITH NO PRODUCTION. IN MID-1950'S-CONTROLLED BY ROY KNIGHT AS THE STAR CLAIM. PRODUCED IN 1954 AND 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P.45-46

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P.45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALCOSE BODIES OCCUR ALONG CONTACT OF DOLOMITE AND HORNFELS FOR A STRIKE LENGTH OF 1200 FEET. ORE BODIES HAVE PARTLY FAULTED CONTACTS WITH DOLOMITE. WESTERN OREBODY IS CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING IN HORNFELS IN PLACES AND CROSSCUTS IT ELSEWHERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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