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Sunny Slope Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035923
MRDS ID M023876
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Slope Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61443, 40.77541 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position IN CANYON CREEK GULCH 6 MI. N. FRENCH GULCH OFF DEADWOOD ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 008W 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2. SECTION PROJECTED. LOC EST. FROM REFERENCE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.61443, 40.77541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 35NE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS SAID TO BE FREE-MILLING

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 300 FT. BY OPEN CUTS, 100 FT. RUN ALONG VEIN. SHAFT, 56 FT. DEEP. CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCK. LAZIURE, C., 1921, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 542

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3-6 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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