Sunrise Mine

The Sunrise Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,919 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

Name: Sunrise Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,919 Feet (2,109 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.51944, -118.07667

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Sunrise Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunrise Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrusting Induced By Magmatic Intrusion; Brecciation?


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation,Fe-Staining,Silcification


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION

Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED PRODUCTION

Comment (Workings): 100 FT. SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS, CAVED ADIT, THAT INTERCEPTS THE SHAFT AT THE 50 FT. LEVEL.

Comment (Geology): ORE INCLUDED IN ALMOST PURE QUARTZ GANGUE, E-W SHEAR IN LIMESTONE, DIPS 80 DEGREES S., 4 FT WIDE IN PLACES. SAMPLE TAKEN BY NBMG IN 1989. HILL STATES THAT VERTICAL "FRACTURES" IN LIMESTONE TREND NW.

Comment (Deposit): SILVER GRADE REPORTED TO BE HIGH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CA. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1, P.4

Reference (Deposit): NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES, SANTA FE DISTRICT, JACK QUADE SITE REPORT.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.