Sunrise Mine

The Sunrise Mine is a tungsten mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sunrise Mine
Secondary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Dooley Mine
Secondary: Dome Mine
Secondary: Killions Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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

Owner Name: E. B. Killion
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: J. H. Winslow
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: By-1956

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granite Gap Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): 17 MILES W OF LORDSBURG

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR LEAD AND SILVER. SCHEELITE FOUND IN 1941. INACTIVE BY 1956.

Comment (Deposit): MINOR SCHEELITE BEARING QTZ VEINS IN GRANITE. ORIGI NALLY MINED FOR AG AND PB VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE GAP FAULT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS,SHALLOW PITS,TRENCHES AND BULLDOZER CUTS

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 102-103

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 25-26

Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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