The Sunrise Mine is a tungsten mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.08889, -108.96694
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Sunrise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Mine
Secondary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Dooley Mine
Secondary: Dome Mine
Secondary: Killions Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. B. Killion
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: J. H. Winslow
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: By-1956
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granite Gap Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): 17 MILES W OF LORDSBURG
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR LEAD AND SILVER. SCHEELITE FOUND IN 1941. INACTIVE BY 1956.
Comment (Deposit): MINOR SCHEELITE BEARING QTZ VEINS IN GRANITE. ORIGI NALLY MINED FOR AG AND PB VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE GAP FAULT.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS,SHALLOW PITS,TRENCHES AND BULLDOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 102-103
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 25-26
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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