Sunshine Mine

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071330
MRDS ID W014661
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Mine
Related records 10196619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.70004, 46.43796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position ABOUT 25 KM NORTHWEST OF TOWNSEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 001W 23 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Volcanics, Andesite;Granodiorite Stock
    Rock description Elkhorn Volcanics, Andesite;Granodiorite Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.70004, 46.43796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock. Brecciation Possibly Controlled By Nearby Fault Striking S 15 W And Dipping 71 E.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 60 - 74 S
    Length 300M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Is On North-Trending Zone Of Granite To Granodiorite Stocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winston District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HIGH GRADE OF ORE PRODUCED INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ADDITIONAL ORE AT PERHAPS 1/2 GRADE OF PRODUCED ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592

  • Production

    USBM IC 7592

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references