Sunrise Canyon Prospects

The Sunrise Canyon Prospects is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,860 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 Canyon Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,860 Feet (2,091 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper

Lat, Long: 39.85889, -112.09833

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Sunrise Canyon Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunrise Canyon Prospects


Commodity

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


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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

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 Mtn. Caldera


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

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

Comment (Development): ONE DRILL HOLE NOTED

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY-TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING IRREGULAR SHOOTS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Comment (Workings): NORTH ADIT IS A SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT; SOUTH ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. LONG WITH SOME STOPING; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A WESTWARD TRENDING ADIT WITH SEVERAL DRIFTS WHICH CROSSCUT THE VEIN AND PROBABLY CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT, 405 FT. OF TOTAL WORKINGS; INCLINED SHAFT IS COLLAPSED BUT HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. OF WORKINGS; SOUTH PROSPECT IS 180 FT. BY 45 FT. BY 2 FT. DEEP CUT IN COLLUVIUM


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 PART OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH.


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