Sunshine Tunnel

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142408
MAS/MILS ID 0080191425
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.59809, 39.76749 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.59809, 39.76749

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dumont

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-78 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-JUN-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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