Sunrise Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071053
MRDS ID W014250
MAS/MILS ID 0160370501
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Claim
Alternate or previous names Metcalf, Waneta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89284, 44.57798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 4 MI NW LOON CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 013E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI S OF LOST PACKER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GALENA CONTAINS ABOUT 1 OZ AG/UNIT PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite, Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite, Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Phyllitic Schist
    Rock description Phyllitic Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89284, 44.57798

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.15M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling Near Granitic Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gar Mines And Metal Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, 1 SHAFT PARTLY CAVED.

Comments on development

  • WANETA ALSO INCLUDES THE LOST EAGLE, SEE FORM 132

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 530, P. 66-74.

  • Deposit

    Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530

  • Deposit

    1934 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 854

  • Deposit

    1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 88-83, 1983, Map No. 20, Appendix.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 68, P. 72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Willett U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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