Sunset Mine

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297457
MRDS ID M014376
MAS/MILS ID 0410010319
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Related records 10032698

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.60043, 44.82426 (WGS84)
Elevation 911
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keating(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 S 042 E 32 NENWSW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.60043, 44.82426

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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE

  • Deposit

    BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OR. DEPT. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    AND MIN. INDUST. OPEN-FILE MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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