The Sunrise Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,919 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: 6,919 Feet (2,109 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.51944, -118.07667
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Sunrise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrusting Induced By Magmatic Intrusion; Brecciation?
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation,Fe-Staining,Silcification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS, CAVED ADIT, THAT INTERCEPTS THE SHAFT AT THE 50 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): ORE INCLUDED IN ALMOST PURE QUARTZ GANGUE, E-W SHEAR IN LIMESTONE, DIPS 80 DEGREES S., 4 FT WIDE IN PLACES. SAMPLE TAKEN BY NBMG IN 1989. HILL STATES THAT VERTICAL "FRACTURES" IN LIMESTONE TREND NW.
Comment (Deposit): SILVER GRADE REPORTED TO BE HIGH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CA. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1, P.4
Reference (Deposit): NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES, SANTA FE DISTRICT, JACK QUADE SITE REPORT.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
