The Sunrise Claim is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.5781, -114.89190
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Sunrise Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Claim
Secondary: Metcalf
Secondary: Waneta
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Loon Creek 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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gar Mines And Metal Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GALENA CONTAINS ABOUT 1 OZ AG/UNIT PB
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MI S OF LOST PACKER MINE
Comment (Development): WANETA ALSO INCLUDES THE LOST EAGLE, SEE FORM 132
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS, 1 SHAFT PARTLY CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 530, P. 66-74.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530
Reference (Deposit): Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): 1934 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 854
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 68, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 88-83, 1983, Map No. 20, Appendix.
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