Mine detail: Sunshine Lode Mine

Previously called 'Grandview Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.69637, -107.7126

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Hydrozincite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Jarosite, Limonite, Marcasite, Selenite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1927
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;Belden Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline.
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform; Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Fe And Mn Oxides; Significant Oxidation Of Sulfide Ores

References

MRDS	D009936
DEP	10013570
Reference	{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3--COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. 32-33, 53-54, PL. 5.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999}{Deposit:: MICROFILM MINERAL COMMODITY DOC. 3425-3426 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)}{Production:: HEYL (1964) AS COMPILED FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.