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Sunshine Consolidated Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073343
MRDS ID W019383
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Yankee Girl Vein, Sunshine Mine, Perhaps, Ida, Gullickson
Related records 10120889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06881, 47.50126 (WGS84)
Elevation 802
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 15,20,21,16,28,29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY LIES IMMEDIATELY W OF SUNSHINE MINE AND S OF BUNKER HILL'S CRESENT MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30 TO 35 OZ AG ORE. CORE ASSAY OF 15 OZ AG/TON. ORE BLOCK BETWEEN 3400 AND 3700 AVERAGES 34.9 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Calc. Argillite;Wallace Form.-Quartzite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite;Revett Form.-Argillite;Revett Form.-Quartzite
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Calc. Argillite;Wallace Form.-Quartzite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite;Revett Form.-Argillite;Revett Form.-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06881, 47.50126
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alhambra Fault, Big Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 1463.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer True And Dennis Blake

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Consolidated, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^15.58 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 440g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 50 TONS AG ORE DAILY FROM THE 325 FT DEVELOPMENT RAISE ON YANKEE GIRL VEIN. ITEM 2 FROM 7312 - TON ORE BLOCK. ITEM 4 FROM 1400 TONS OF DRIFT ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WEST MIN. NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES REPORTED 15 OZ AG 117400 TONS RESERVE BLOCKED OUT ( P. 148 ). ITEM 5 IS RESERVES IN YANKEE GIRL, VEIN AREA END OF 1974 . ITEM 4 REFERS TO SUN CON'S SHARE OF BIG CREEK'S 1974 RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1532.53M
    Overall depth 1127.76M

Comments on development

  • 27 PATENTED, 64 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. A 1000 TPD MILL, SB LEACHING PLANT, AND AN ELECTROLYTIC SB PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 21 , 1973 ; JUNE 10 , 1970 ; MAR. 14 , 1969 , APRIL 21 , 1969 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; FEB. 9 , 1967

  • Deposit

    WESTERN, MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 148

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE MINER, JAN. 8 , 1976 , P. 2 .

  • Deposit

    5) SUNSHINE'S 1974 ANNUAL REPT.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 47

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 1 , 1968 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; MAR. 31 , 1967 ; AP. 17 , 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIVEN LENGTH IS YANKEE GIRL VEIN.
Deposit SUNSHINE CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY SUNSHINE ON A 50 - 50 BASIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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