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Sunset Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048306
MRDS ID M899868
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Mine
Alternate or previous names Gregory
Related records 10137896, 10234701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96847, 33.18259 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.4 MILES SW OF SCOTT MOUNTAIN (5096), To Center Of Claim Group

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 013E 12 CENTER OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pinal Schist Strikes Wnw, Dips 20 Sw. Some Mes Basalt Porphyry (Gq 1021)
Type of structure Local
Structure description N Trending Broken Hill Fault On W Side Of Claim Group

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY RELATED TO CRET-PALEO INTRUSIONS IN AREA, SUCH AS AT RAY MINE, 1 MILE SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Mineral Creek District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, SUNSET #1, SUNSET #4 FRACTION, SUNSET #5. PAST OPERATORS: WILLIAM GREGORY, A.E. JONES, JONES AND R.V. BOGGS, SUNSET MINING CO., V.A. GILBERT, R.R. LEARY, W.O. KAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #634 NE 1/4, T.3S,R.13E

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ 1021, 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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