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Sunshine - Sunrise Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039560
MRDS ID M050282
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine - Sunrise Group
Related records 10234471, 10234947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.26819, 31.8754 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 38 MILES SW OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 10E 12 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ser-Pyr; Py-Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Granite
    Rock description Granite Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.26819, 31.8754
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 24W
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Shear Zone; Fractured Limestone Facilitated Or Controlled Replacement.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION ASSUMED TO BE THAT OF THE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Papago District

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1880-1919
    Material ORE CU AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14% Cu, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 339g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 14wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M
    Overall length 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS; OPEN CUT WITH STOPE.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED ARIZONA LEAD MINES CO., DRY CONCENTRATES, RAMSDELL MINES CO., SHAFER MINING AND MILLING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L. 1922, USGS BULL 725 J.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., ET AL, 1960, ARIZ. BU. MINES GEO. MAP PIMA COUNTY.

  • Deposit

    HIGDON, C.E. 1933, SUNSHINE MINE AREA; UNIV. ARIZ. UNPUBL. MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    KRIEGER, M.H., 1973.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON RANSOME, F.L. USGS BULL. 725J

  • Production

    (8)KEITH,S.B.,1974,(9,10,11)ELSING,1936,ABM BULL.140

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ON BOTH WALLS OF FAULT WHERE LIMESTONE IS HIGHLY FRACTURED. LS VEINED WITH QTZ-PYRITE-GALENA-SPHALERITE, A LITTLE CU STAINING, YELLOW PB MINERAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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