The Sunrise View Mines is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.65083, -118.09639
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Sunrise View Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise View Mines
Secondary: Lucky Strike and Sunrise View
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE MINED FROM CROSSCUT FOR DISTANCE OF 30-FT. ON SUNRISE WORKINGS AVG. $2.10/TON IN GOLD. SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS EXTRACTED FROM UPPER TUNNEL. POCKET REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED $600 IN GOLD. 2 HIGH-GRADE POCKETS WERE MINED ON 5-IN. VEIN, 1500 FT. WEST OF MAIN WORKINGS. 5 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS TREATED IN SMALL MILL NEAR HIGHWAY. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS AND STRINGERS IN 'LIME-SILICATE' ROCK AND SOME IRREGULAR POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE IN QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): UTM EST N 1/2 NE 1/4. SECTION ESTIMATED
Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK ON THE SUNRISE GROUP OF CLAIMS CONSISTS OF 4 TUNNELS DRIVEN WEST IN THE SHEAR ZONE ALONG A FAULT PLANE IN LIME-SILICATE ROCK. THE LOWER OR NO. 1 TUNNEL DRIVEN S. 80 DEG W., 275 FT. ABOUT 135 FT. WEST OF THE PORTAL, CROSSCUT DRIVEN S. 10 DEG W. 60 FT. AT 40 FT. IN ELEVATION ABOVE THIS TUNNEL, ANOTHER TUNNEL DRIVEN WEST 100 FT. AT 40 FT. IN ELEVATION ABOVE NO. 2 TUNNEL, NO. 3 TUNNEL DRIVEN WEST 75 FT., AND NO. 4 TUNNEL 125 FT. IN LENGTH. ABOUT 1500 FT. WEST OF THESE WORKINGS, A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK ON A QUARTZ VEIN 5 IN. IN WIDTH ON AN INCLINATION OF 40 DEG TO A DEPTH OF 150 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 2 GROUPS OF CLAIMS KNOWN AS SUNRISE VIEW GROUP OF 14 CLAIMS, AND LUCKY STRIKE GROUP OF 10 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 423
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 163
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)
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