The Sunset Limited Mine Group is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,178 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: 2,178 Feet (664 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.17917, -112.63167
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Sunset Limited Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Limited Mine Group
Secondary: Yellow Astor Wonder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1880 - 19
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STEEP DIP VEINS
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM RECORD D000822 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 25 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.
Comment (Production): DEPOSIT WAS WORKED ABOUT 1917 WITH AN OUTPUT OF ABOUT 1 TON OF SCHEELITE ORE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPEN CUT WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): WEATHERED GRANITIC PEDIMENT.
References
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 123 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 123 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1941 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148 , P. 41 .
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L, 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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