Sunset Group

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032698
MRDS ID M014376
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Group
Alternate or previous names Sunshine, Suncrack
Related records 10297457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60047, 44.8243 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keating(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 042E 32 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60047, 44.8243

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Virtue

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1942, SUNSET GROUP OF CLAIMS; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-7

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1942, SUNSET GROUP OF CLAIMS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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