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Sunrise Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094337
MRDS ID D004736
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Claim
Related records 10269168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89311, 45.29101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SECTION 24, SOUTH OF CREEK, ACROSS FROM LEGAL TENDER MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS GOUGE ZONE ASSAYED 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 0.60 OZ AG/TON, 0.20% CU, 0.60% PB, AND 0.70% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N10e Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer E.C. Nelson

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. C. Nelson

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, CAVED IN 1972, AND A BULLDOZER CUT EXPOSING FAULT ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 62

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 FOOT OF YELLOW GOUGE CUTS COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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