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Sunset Mine

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019327
MRDS ID DC09538
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08285, 46.53183 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.4KM SW OF HASKELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 15 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE E OF DUNKLELBERG CR NEAR STREAM LEVEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30-40 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Or Gabbro Sill
    Rock description Diorite Or Gabbro Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08285, 46.53183
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 45N

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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