Rising Sun Prospect

The Rising Sun Prospect is a copper, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,139 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: Rising Sun Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 7,139 Feet (2,176 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 39.86694, -112.08750

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Rising Sun Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rising Sun Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Within Tintic Mountain Caldera


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Development): PROBABLY SAME PROPERTY AS RAYMOND GROUP AND SUNRISE AND DOMINGO CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. OF JESSE KNIGHT

Comment (Workings): SOUTH ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT HAS APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT. OF WORKINGS; NORTH ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT HAS ABOUT 1000 FT. OF WORKINGS; THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE TO SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN WITH IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1903, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JAN. 30, P. 30.

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1899, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, OCT. 30, P. 10.


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