The Sunrise Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.48472, -113.32833
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Sunrise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Mine
Secondary: Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Henderson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Virgil Sanderson, 2900 Moulton, Butte, Mont.
Owner Name: Sanderson Trucking Co.
Home Office: Philipsburg, MT 59858
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Marshall Creek Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAIN ADIT LEVEL .105% W $4-10/TON AU (1900), 3-6% CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INCLUDES CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): THE OXIDIZED ORE IS NEAR THE APEX. THE SULFIDE ORE IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE LONGER TUNNELS ABOUT 500 FT FROM THE PORTAL AND AT A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 200 FT.
Comment (Workings): GREATER THAN 7,000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THROUGH MORE THAN 14 ADITS RANGING IN ALTITUDE FROM 5900 FT TO 6400. ALL PRODUCTION RECORDED OFF QUEEN VEIN & MEASUREMENTS OF STRIKE - DIP RECORDED FROM THIS VEIN. MILL IN HENDERSON GULCH SOUTH OF MINE.
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE OUTCROPS IN HENDERSON GULCH. POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT CAUSED SMALL POCKETS OF OXIDIZED HIGH GRADE ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP INVES 4689
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 256-257
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 17, 19, 20.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72, P. 10
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
