The Rising Sun is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Rising Sun MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rising Sun
Secondary: Cedar & Baltimore
Secondary: Monroe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MAIN VEIN, RISING SUN, STRIKES N 8 E, DIPS 60 - 85 W, AVE 75 W. IRREGULAR, W SPLITS & STRINGERS, MOSTLY NOT MORE THAN 2 1/2 FT THICK MINOR REVERSE FAULTS APPROX PARALLEL TO VEIN. COUNTRY ROCK INCLUDES BESIDES USUAL AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, ALSO BAND OF DARK QTZ-CHLORITE SCHIST & HORNBLENDE-MICA SCHIST THE MORE MASSIVE PHASES FOUND TO S ARE LACKING HERE. SCHIST CONTAINS SML QTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. 2 ORE SHOOTS: 1 WHERE VEIN SPLITS IN 25 FT HORSE, & REUNITES AGAIN; 2ND, IS S PART OF CAVED ADIT. IN 1ST THERE ARE SHARP MINOR STRIKE & DIP CHGS. & NUMEROUS QTZ STRINGERS & MINOR GOUGE IN WALLS. CEDAR VEIN STRIKES NNW, DIPS W, IS THE W EXTENSION OF EASTERN STAR VEIN, & IS FAULTED BY W DIPPING VEIN PARALLEL TO RISING SUN, 900 FT E, WHICH MAY BE SAME IS SML DISPLACEMENT AT FACE OF ADIT. SERPENTINE & GABBRO DIKES NEARBY DONT OUTCROP IN VICINITY OF VEINS.
Comment (Commodity): MILL GRADE ORE W SML FAIRLY NUMEROUS PATCHES OF HIGH GRADE ORE.
Comment (Production): ALL REPORTED PRODUCTION IS FROM RISING SUN VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ON RISING SUN W 500 FT DRIFTS. ADIT & SEVERAL CUTS ON CEDAR VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF: SO PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL 2, P 47.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 64.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172, P 121, 122.
Reference (Production): MCCULLOCH ETAL, 1964 ; FERGUSON, 1932
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