Mine detail: Sunshine Mine North

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.27772, -112.19691

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury, Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Talc
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

Host rock:Great Blue Limestones
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Faults, And Fractures
Tectonic:Serier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008574
DEP10012730
Reference{Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P.138}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan