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Sunset Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027387
MRDS ID M003009
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Armer Wash Mine
Related records 10209938

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.03709, 33.75535 (WGS84)
Elevation 962
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF ROOSEVELT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 013E 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 9.5 % MN, 3.0 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.03709, 33.75535
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sunset District

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^25.2 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 19.81M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE WAS MINED FROM SHAFT WORKINGS AND A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS. ADDITIONAL EXPLORATORY WORK CONSISTED OF SOME BULLDOZER TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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