Location: The Sunshine placer gold occurrence is situated in Sunshine Creek, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the crest of the Sunshine Mountains at an elevation of 1,500 feet (457 m) in Section 33, T. 22 S., R. 20 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within one mile (1.6 km).
Geology: The Sunshine placer gold occurrence consists of fine-grained placer gold in boulder-rich stream gravels in Sunshine Creek (Brown, 1926; King and others, 1983). No other detailed information is available.
Reserves: None.

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c)

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- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
  - McGrath Mining DistrictMining District

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References

Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783-D, p. 97-144. King, H.D., Cooley, E.F., and Spiesman, D.L., 1983, Distribution of gold and silver in nonmagnetic and magnetic heavy mineral concentrate and minus 80 mesh stream sediment samples and ash of aquatic bryophyte samples, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811K.

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