Mine detail: Sunset Mine

Previously called 'Cape Horn Vein'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.62315, -122.63726
dep_id: 10036351
mrds_id: M025136
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz, Specularite
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
hrock_type: Hornfels,Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 320
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 79
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON, P. 76
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