The Sunset Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.74583, -111.03611
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Sunset Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Mine
Secondary: Armer Property
Secondary: Sunset Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sunset 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Armer, B. G.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: VEINLETS, SEAMS, MASSES, BLOCKS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Is South Of Mine Workings
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE IN 1943 ASSAYED 50 % MN, NO ZINC, IN 1961, SAMPLE ASSAYED 9.5 % MN, FROM A PILE FROM WHICH BETTER ORE WAS PREVIOUSY SHIPPED
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN ARMER GULCH, 39 MILES NW OF GLOBE, 6 MILES N OF ROOSEVELT LAKE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PRODUCED ONLY IN 1953 AND 1954
Comment (Deposit): SURFACE MINERALIZATION FROM 80 TO 100 FEET IN WIDTH, IN BANDS OF CONCENTRATED MANGANESE
Comment (Workings): 1 30 TO 40 FT SHAFT, OPEN STOPE EXTENDING FROM SURFACE TO SHAFT BOTTOM, APPROXIMATELY 65 FT. LONG AND 2 TO 4 FT WIDE. B1GGEST TRENCH 150 FT LONG, 5 FT WIDE AND 10 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7990, P. 86-87
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER928-SUNSET MINE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SUNSET MANGANESE FI LE
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