Mine detail: Sunset Mine

Previously called 'Cape Horn Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.62315, -122.63726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Quartz, Specularite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
Host type:	Hornfels,Andesite

References

MRDS	M025136
DEP	10036351
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.