Sunnyside Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102010
MRDS ID DC11060
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02781, 45.92351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 3.5 MILES NE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 003W 18,19 SW (18) Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Shale Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02781, 45.92351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Bull Mtn. Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw And Ne Trending Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lester Lindquist
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Basin Cons. Mining Co.
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, 2 SHAFTS; CROSSCUTS, A 100 FOOT WINZE AND SEVERAL DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINE AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, 1950, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 14, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SMALL GOLD-BEARING VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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