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Sunnyside Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088735
MRDS ID M058320
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64329, 40.60216 (WGS84)
Elevation 3054
Relative position 6,150 FT S 53 E OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 32 SW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED 40 OZ/TON AG, 55% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
    Rock description Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maxfield Limestone
    Rock description Maxfield Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64329, 40.60216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Of Superior Faults, Alta Overthrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Alta Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTTOWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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