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Sunset Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037111
MRDS ID M030420
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09735, 31.37431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pajarito Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024S 012E 03 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF PENA BLANCA CANYON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Pyrite Gossan With Gold And Silver Pocts

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09735, 31.37431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular, Narrow Fissure Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pajarito District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Period 1900-1969
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average 60 Oz/T Ag, 33% Pb, 0.3 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 33wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1694g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1924-1969.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS; 2HAFTS FILLED WITH WATER, 2 ADITS 15-150 FT

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE KELTZ AND ALLEN, MILLER, BLANKENS HIP, PYEATT, CASON, GRAYBILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    ROBISON, 1954, USAEC PRELIM REPT A-P-287.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    WEBB AND CORYELL, 1954, USAEC RME-2009.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030420 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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