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Sunset Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Copper, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046256
MRDS ID M241131
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Related records 10209926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08677, 31.68763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1413
Relative position 1 1/4 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 15. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Laramide Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Laramide Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08677, 31.68763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPOTTY, OXIDIZED, MINERALIZATION ALONG FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY; HR.AGE.MV: LARAMIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF HIGH GRADE SILVER ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1880'S. INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1921-1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION ALONG FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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