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Sunrise Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094602
MRDS ID D009925
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02228, 45.29796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6.8 MI S43E OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 24 N2 OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM AJOINS SE PART OF FAITHFUL GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.57 OZ AU/ST, 0.50 OZ AG/ST, AND 0.17% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02228, 45.29796
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Tash

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, UPPER (CAVED), AND LOWER-42 FT LONG, N25E

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 77-8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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