The Sunrise and African Placers is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5428, -117.09060
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Sunrise and African Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise and African Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE MANHATTAN GULCH PLACERS FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION. (0320230398). SURVEYED FOR THE WOLFTONE EXTENSION MINING CO. IN 1909. NOT PATENTED. NINE SHAFTS TO BEDROCK YIELDED SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF PLACER GOLD FOUND IN THE GULCH. MOST SHAFTS WERE 60 TO 70 FEET DEEP. COMPLETE NAME OF DEPOSIT: SUNRISE, AFRICAN AND CORNUCOPIA FRACTION PLACERS.
References
Reference (Deposit): AND PLATE 18.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 127 (FERGUSON)
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
