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Sunset Mine

Prospect in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177850
MRDS ID M025136
MAS/MILS ID 0410390076
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunset Group, Cape Horn Vein
Related records 10036351

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.63725, 43.62312 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua 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 Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 S 001 E 36 Oregon

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.63725, 43.62312
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7512, 1949, P. 37-39.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1951, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 320.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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