The Sunrise Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 5,420 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,420 Feet (1,652 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.04583, -114.88639
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Sunrise Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Sunrise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C And H Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Striking Faults And Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SUNRISE CREEK
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED IN THE MID-1970S. INACTIVE AS OF 1977 .
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 107 , P. 25 .
Reference (Deposit): HARRISON, J. E., AND OTHERS, 1974 , PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE WALLACE 1:250000 SHEET, IDAHO-MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT. 74 - 37 .
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
