The Sunrise #1 is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Sunrise #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise #1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cavities in quartz are filled with limonite.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = By 1913, a short adit had been driven to explore an east-west trending shear zone that dips 25 S. (Chapin, 1914). A short drift was driven on the shear about 25 feet from the portal. The quartz-rich portion of the shear is 1 foot thick and contains iron-oxide-stained ribbon quartz in brecciated schist and clay gouge. No sulfides were seen in the shear zone underground however, quartz on the dumps is stained by antimony oxides. The total length of the adit is unknown because flooding made it inaccessible 30 feet from the portal (Chapin, 1914).? the prospect was examined in 1942 as a possible source of antimony but was not developed due to insufficient grade and thickness of antimony mineralization (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = By 1913, a short adit had been driven to explore an east-west trending, shear zone that dips 25 S. (Chapin, 1914). A short drift was driven on the shear about 25 feet from the portal. The total length of the adit is unknown because flooding made it inaccessible 30 feet from the portal.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.
Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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