Sunset Mine Group

The Sunset Mine Group is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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

Name: Sunset Mine Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.37417, -111.09667

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Sunset Mine Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunset Mine Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Pajarito District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1969
Time Period: 1900-1969
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average 60 Oz/T Ag, 33% Pb, 0.3 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SPOT


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Pyrite Gossan With Gold And Silver Pocts


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS; 2HAFTS FILLED WITH WATER, 2 ADITS 15-150 FT

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030420 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE KELTZ AND ALLEN, MILLER, BLANKENS HIP, PYEATT, CASON, GRAYBILL

Comment (Location): E SIDE OF PENA BLANCA CANYON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Production): WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1924-1969.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

Reference (Deposit): ROBISON, 1954, USAEC PRELIM REPT A-P-287.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): WEBB AND CORYELL, 1954, USAEC RME-2009.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975.


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