Mine detail: Sunshine Consolidated Mine

Previously called 'Yankee Girl VeinSunshine MinePerhapsIdaGullickson'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.50126, -116.06881

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Antimony, Copper
Ore:	Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Form.-Calc. Argillite;Wallace Form.-Quartzite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite;Revett Form.-Argillite;Revett Form.-Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Alhambra Fault, Big Creek Fault

References

MRDS	W019383
DEP	10073343
Reference	{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 21 , 1973 ; JUNE 10 , 1970 ; MAR. 14 , 1969 , APRIL 21 , 1969 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; FEB. 9 , 1967}{Deposit:: WESTERN, MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 148}{Deposit:: Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur *lene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.}{Deposit:: WALLACE MINER, JAN. 8 , 1976 , P. 2 .}{Deposit:: 5) SUNSHIN * 1974 ANNUAL REPT.}{Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 47}{Production:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 1 , 1968 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAR. 14 , 1967 ; MAR. 31 , 1967 ; AP. 17 , 1975}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.