Mine detail: Sunday Hill

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Location: Malheur County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.44292, -117.60352
dep_id: 10033312
mrds_id: M015622
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Intrusions Locallized Along A Major Ne Trending Structure
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Burnt River Schist
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, 1968, ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 129, 135.
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 83.
  • Deposit:: WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: UNIV. OF OREGON PHD. THESIS
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