Sunshine Dump

Sunshine Dump is a plain in White Pine, Nevada and has an elevation of 7,119 feet. Sunshine Dump is situated nearby to the locality Copper Flat, as well as near Riepetown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruth and Lane City.

Ruth

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ruth is a census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1903, it had a population of 371 at the 2020 census. Ruth was built as a company town for the adjacent Robinson Mine, a large open-pit copper mine, which is still in operation as of 2022.

Lane City

Locality

Lane City or Mineral City was a settlement in White Pine County, Nevada. It is now a ghost town. A mining camp was founded in 1869 just west of Ely, Nevada, and named Mineral City until 1876. Lane City is situated 3½ miles east of Sunshine Dump.

Ely

Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.

Ely is the only city in and the county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route.

Sunshine Dump

Type: Plain
Category: landform
Location: White Pine, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.26466° or 39° 15′ 53″ north

Longitude

-114.9978° or 114° 59′ 52″ west

Elevation

7,119 feet (2,170 metres)

Open location code

85F77272+VV

GeoNames ID

5513359

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