Sunrise Prospect

The Sunrise Prospect is a lithium and feldspar mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sunrise Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lithium
Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: White Picacho District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Spodumene
Ore: Amblygonite
Ore: Lepidolite
Ore: Lithiophilite
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Tantalite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MOST FEEL THAT THE GOLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD PEDIMENT GRAVEL, SOME FEEL THAT THE GOLD WAS DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM NEARBY QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER GROUP

Comment (Deposit): PLACERS ON TOP OF RICH HILL AND WITHIN ANTELOPE AND WEAVER CREEKS

Comment (Workings): MOST MINING DONE BY DRYWASHERS, PANS, ROCKERS AND SLUICES, SOME POWER SHOVELS AND DRY-SEPARATION PLANTS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER SMALLER DIKE LIES TO THE NW, IT IS 100 FEET LONG AND 60 FEET WIDE. THE MAIN PEGMATITE COMPRISES FIVE WELL DEFINED ZONES. (1) A DISCONTINUOUS OUTER SELVAGE OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, AND SCHORL, ALSO MICA. (2) THE WALL ZONE ( 2 TO 55 FEET THICK ) OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE IS MOSTLY COARSE GRAINED. (3) THE OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS COARSE GRAINED BLOCKY PERTHITE. TOURMALINE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT. (4) THE INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS VERY COARSE PERTHITE AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. (5) THE CORE IS ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS HIGHER GRADE FELDSPAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ZONE.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL SHALLOW CUTS AND BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comment (Geology): MUCH OF THE MUSCOVITE AND FELDSPAR IN THE SCHIST APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED DURING EMPLACEMENT OF THE PEGMATITE. THE COUNTRY ROCK GRADES INTO MORE MASSIVE QUARTZ-BIOTITE-AMPHIBOLE SCHIST, AWAY FROM THE PEGMATITE CONTACTS. THE MICA-IMPREGNATED SCHIST LOCALLY IS CRENULATED AND PLICATED. INCLUSIONS AND SEPTA ARE ABUNDANT IN THIS SCHIST, ALONG THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF THE MAIN DIKE.

References

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162 .

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, ET AL, 1966, USBM IC 8298, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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