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Sunrise Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10047126
MRDS ID M242376
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25063, 37.29578 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 042E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25063, 37.29578
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, CAVED, GLORY HOLE, SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 5 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN HAS BEEN CRUSHED AND BRECCIATED, CARRYING GRANITIC FRAGMENTS IN A CEMENT WITH HEMATITIC AND MINO, STAIN, BRECCIATION IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY FAULTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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