The Sunrise Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Sunrise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Sunrise 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
Owner Name: Ted Housley
Home Office: Wickenburg, Az.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1986
Discovery Year: 1915
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Occurs Within A Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Alteration: Sericitization, Silicification, Carbonatization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.25 OZ AG PER OZ OF AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE O.H. SULLIVAN (1916), WILLIAM EBNER (1927), C.W. MITCHELL (1933), CHARLES STRIPHANS, ROY RICHARDS, WICK ORE MINING, SUNRISE GOLD MINING CO. AND PALO VERDE MINING CO. IN 1986, OPERATIONS CONSISTED OF HEAP LEACHING OF DUMP MATERIAL.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A STOCKWORK OF LENTICULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN A SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANITE PORPHYRY. AU OCCURS AS MEDIUM-FINE TO COARSE GRAINS AND FLAKES, MAINLY WITH THE HEMATITE AND LIMONITE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS A 330 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 200 AND 330 FOOT LEVELS CONNECTING AT THE 200 FT LEVEL WITH ANOTHER 200 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., AND BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL 137, P. 162-163
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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