Golden Sunset Mine

Plant in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129911
MAS/MILS ID 0490230146
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Tintic

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.13829, 39.92915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1953
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 003 W 25 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.13829, 39.92915

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Centurion Mines Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1990
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Noranda Exploration, Inc.
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL SOC 1957 GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS GUIDEBOOK TO

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 12 183 P

  • Deposit

    USGS 1954TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-OCT-90 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references