Mine detail: Sunset Mine

Previously called 'Leadville Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.70629, -113.30811

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Antimony, Zinc
Ore: Anglesite, Antimony, Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Arsenic, Clay, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908

Geology

Host rock:Limestone, Quartzite, Quartzitic Slates;Lake Bed Sediments
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Granite Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Gouge

References

MRDSW015794
DEP10105783
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, P. 115 - 118.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917}{Deposit:: 1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1906}{Deposit:: 1908 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1907}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528}{Deposit:: 1918 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1917}{Production:: ITEM 8 UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 528; ITEM 9, BELL, R. N., 1908, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1907; ITEM 1, BELL, R. N., 1918, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1917}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)