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Sunshine Claim

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011928
MRDS ID D007122
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Claim
Related records 10147918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33896, 44.99961 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 13 AIR MI W OF GRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Everson Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S;009S 014W;014W 05;32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM LOCATED 0.5 MI N OF BLOODY DICK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Missoula Belt Group
    Rock description Missoula Belt Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33896, 44.99961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 72 SW
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OVERALL TREND OF THE HOST ROCKS IS ABOUT N 85 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Monument (Beaverhead) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wellborn
    Home office Grant, Mt.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 33

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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