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Sunset Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087774
MRDS ID D009603
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40057, 38.32779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 11.5 MILES S 50 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 072W 11 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF PINE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40057, 38.32779
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bb And W Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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