Sunrise Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102520
MRDS ID M003340
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Mine
Related records 10210605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.99465, 33.91089 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES W OF WICKENBURG, 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 60 AND AGUILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 007W 33 N2 OF NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Alteration: Sericitization, Silicification, Carbonatization

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.25 OZ AG PER OZ OF AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.99465, 33.91089

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Occurs Within A Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike S20W
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Shoots Occur Where Vein Flattens And Is Intersected By Transverse Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1986

Mining district

District name Sunrise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ted Housley
    Home office Wickenburg, Az.
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 106.68M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS A 330 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AT 200 AND 330 FOOT LEVELS CONNECTING AT THE 200 FT LEVEL WITH ANOTHER 200 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE O.H. SULLIVAN (1916), WILLIAM EBNER (1927), C.W. MITCHELL (1933), CHARLES STRIPHANS, ROY RICHARDS, WICK ORE MINING, SUNRISE GOLD MINING CO. AND PALO VERDE MINING CO. IN 1986, OPERATIONS CONSISTED OF HEAP LEACHING OF DUMP MATERIAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., AND BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL 137, P. 162-163

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A STOCKWORK OF LENTICULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN A SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANITE PORPHYRY. AU OCCURS AS MEDIUM-FINE TO COARSE GRAINS AND FLAKES, MAINLY WITH THE HEMATITE AND LIMONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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