Mine detail: Sunnyside Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.92351, -112.02781

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Greyson Shale
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	West Bull Mtn. Block, Nw And Ne Trending Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Laramide Fold-Thrust Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Shale Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC11060
DEP	10102010
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16.}{Deposit:: ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINE AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 122 P.}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, 1950, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 14, P. 20.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963}{Production:: MBMG BULLETIN 16.}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)