The Sunrise Prospect is a mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.4394, -114.22890
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Sunrise Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Prospect
Secondary: Black Jack
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES, PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Anticlinal Fold Dipping 60 Deg. E.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): RENAMED AND RELOCATED IN 1949
Comment (Location): EDGE OF BIG WOOD RIVER VALLEY
Comment (Workings): 4 LONG TUNNELS, ALL BUT 1 BLOCKED
Comment (Deposit): TO THE N OF THE MAIN WORKINGS A 4-INCH QUARTZ VEIN DIPS 10 DEG E
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9
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