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Sundown Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Sulfides
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105673
MRDS ID W013833
Record type Site
Current site name Sundown Mine
Related records 10119658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3898, 43.61656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2 MI. NW OF GIMLET, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 017E 01,02,11,12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3.4 MI. BY ROAD W. OF GIMLET RR SIDING.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfides Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE: 396 OZ. AG
Result 57% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Owen Stapleton
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rod Mc Kay

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, BULLDOZER CUT

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: PROBABLY COULD GET $300/TON FROM SEVERAL EXPOSURES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, SUNDOWN: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINE, MILL AND SMEL., IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Production

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STALEY, W.W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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