The Sunshine - Sunrise Group is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.87528, -111.26750
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Sunshine - Sunrise Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine - Sunrise Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Papago District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1880-1919
Material type: ORE CU AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^14% Cu, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1920
Discovery Method: 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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Qtz-Ser-Pyr; Py-Gossan
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED ARIZONA LEAD MINES CO., DRY CONCENTRATES, RAMSDELL MINES CO., SHAFER MINING AND MILLING CO
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS; OPEN CUT WITH STOPE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION ASSUMED TO BE THAT OF THE GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ON BOTH WALLS OF FAULT WHERE LIMESTONE IS HIGHLY FRACTURED. LS VEINED WITH QTZ-PYRITE-GALENA-SPHALERITE, A LITTLE CU STAINING, YELLOW PB MINERAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON RANSOME, F.L. USGS BULL. 725J
Reference (Production): (8)KEITH,S.B.,1974,(9,10,11)ELSING,1936,ABM BULL.140
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L. 1922, USGS BULL 725 J.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., ET AL, 1960, ARIZ. BU. MINES GEO. MAP PIMA COUNTY.
Reference (Deposit): HIGDON, C.E. 1933, SUNSHINE MINE AREA; UNIV. ARIZ. UNPUBL. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, M.H., 1973.
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