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Sunrise Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Manganese, Tantalum, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027533
MRDS ID M003259
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56407, 33.96006 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 10 MILES E OF WICKERBURG, NEAR COUNTY BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 003W 10 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER GROUP
  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Lithiophilite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Apatite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tantalite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56407, 33.96006
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N E
    Dip 85 NW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST FEEL THAT THE GOLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD PEDIMENT GRAVEL, SOME FEEL THAT THE GOLD WAS DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM NEARBY QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS.
  • MUCH OF THE MUSCOVITE AND FELDSPAR IN THE SCHIST APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED DURING EMPLACEMENT OF THE PEGMATITE. THE COUNTRY ROCK GRADES INTO MORE MASSIVE QUARTZ-BIOTITE-AMPHIBOLE SCHIST, AWAY FROM THE PEGMATITE CONTACTS. THE MICA-IMPREGNATED SCHIST LOCALLY IS CRENULATED AND PLICATED. INCLUSIONS AND SEPTA ARE ABUNDANT IN THIS SCHIST, ALONG THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF THE MAIN DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST MINING DONE BY DRYWASHERS, PANS, ROCKERS AND SLUICES, SOME POWER SHOVELS AND DRY-SEPARATION PLANTS
  • SEVERAL SMALL SHALLOW CUTS AND BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162 .

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, ET AL, 1966, USBM IC 8298, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACERS ON TOP OF RICH HILL AND WITHIN ANTELOPE AND WEAVER CREEKS
Deposit ANOTHER SMALLER DIKE LIES TO THE NW, IT IS 100 FEET LONG AND 60 FEET WIDE. THE MAIN PEGMATITE COMPRISES FIVE WELL DEFINED ZONES. (1) A DISCONTINUOUS OUTER SELVAGE OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, AND SCHORL, ALSO MICA. (2) THE WALL ZONE ( 2 TO 55 FEET THICK ) OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE IS MOSTLY COARSE GRAINED. (3) THE OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS COARSE GRAINED BLOCKY PERTHITE. TOURMALINE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT. (4) THE INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS VERY COARSE PERTHITE AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. (5) THE CORE IS ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS HIGHER GRADE FELDSPAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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