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Sunnyside Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101981
MRDS ID DC09988
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09114, 45.50546 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 004W 09,10 W2 OF NW (10) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BARELY EXTENDS INTO SECTION 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hypogene Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09114, 45.50546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Isoclinal Antiforms And Synforms Plunging N 10 W, 24 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 35 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed, Striking North And Dipping Vertically

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 VEINS WITH MILLING ORE NEAR INTERSECTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Mill Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMPORTANT ORE CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE STRONG N 60 W VEIN WITH A VEIN TRENDING N 30 W, 35 W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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