The Sunrise Canyon Prospects is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,860 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: 6,860 Feet (2,091 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.85889, -112.09833
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Sunrise Canyon Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Canyon Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Within Tintic Mtn. Caldera
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Development): ONE DRILL HOLE NOTED
Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY-TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING IRREGULAR SHOOTS OF OXIDIZED ORE
Comment (Workings): NORTH ADIT IS A SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT; SOUTH ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. LONG WITH SOME STOPING; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A WESTWARD TRENDING ADIT WITH SEVERAL DRIFTS WHICH CROSSCUT THE VEIN AND PROBABLY CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT, 405 FT. OF TOTAL WORKINGS; INCLINED SHAFT IS COLLAPSED BUT HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. OF WORKINGS; SOUTH PROSPECT IS 180 FT. BY 45 FT. BY 2 FT. DEEP CUT IN COLLUVIUM
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH.
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