Mine detail: Sunnyside Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.95458, -115.13155

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: BLANKET - LIKE
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics-Argillized And Silicified Rhyolite Flow Breccia
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Zeolitic And Argillic; Oxidation; Silicification

References

MRDSW013903
DEP10070806
Reference{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304}{Deposit:: DIREXPL YUBA MINING CO.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL J. R. SIMPLOT CO.}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974}{Deposit:: DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO.}{Production:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.