Sunset Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156485
MRDS ID M060137
MAS/MILS ID 0530610334
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunset
Related records 10042375

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.46261, 47.85811 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 N 010 E 01 NESWNE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ALSO IN SEC. 6, T. 27 N., R. 11 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.46261, 47.85811

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Index District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ezera Eggbert
    First year 1897
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunset Copper Co.
    First year 1902
    Last year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunset Syndicate Corp.
    First year 1936
    Last year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kromona Mines Corp.
    First year 1941
    Last year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Index Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    First year 1946
  • Type Operator
    Owner Granore Co.
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 91.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 54-83, 1983, NO. 7,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-APR-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references