The Sunset Mine Group is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.37417, -111.09667
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Sunset Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Pajarito District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1969
Time Period: 1900-1969
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average 60 Oz/T Ag, 33% Pb, 0.3 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: SPOT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Pyrite Gossan With Gold And Silver Pocts
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS; 2HAFTS FILLED WITH WATER, 2 ADITS 15-150 FT
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030420 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE KELTZ AND ALLEN, MILLER, BLANKENS HIP, PYEATT, CASON, GRAYBILL
Comment (Location): E SIDE OF PENA BLANCA CANYON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Production): WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1924-1969.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
Reference (Deposit): ROBISON, 1954, USAEC PRELIM REPT A-P-287.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): WEBB AND CORYELL, 1954, USAEC RME-2009.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975.
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