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Sunshine

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10093956
MRDS ID A010550
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine
Related records 10161415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.56511, 60.81647 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.56511, 60.81647
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Orientation N10e 40-60w. Small Faults Oriented N20e 15-30w

Ore body information

  • Dip }
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings TUNNEL
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 130 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE VEIN IS VERTICAL STRIKES E-W AND IS 6 TO 12 INCHES WIDE: A SECOND IS HORIZONTAL AND 2 TO 12 INCHES WIDE, BOTH ARE SIMILARLY MINERALIZED. SMALL THRUST FAULTS SEEN IN TUNNEL HAVE 2-8 INCHES OF GOUGE AND VISIBLE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 30-MAY-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED DATA INTO ORE BODY MULTIVALUED FIELDS
Editor 30-MAY-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED DATA INTO WORKINGS MULTIVALUED FIELDS

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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