Sunset Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10103761
MRDS ID M050653
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Group
Alternate or previous names Sunset Claims
Related records 10259431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63404, 32.42872 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position SOUTHSIDE WEST SILVER BELL MTS.; 6 MILES WEST OF SILVER BELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gap Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 007E 34 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63404, 32.42872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip 60 SW
    Length 12.19M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Of Limestone And Possibly Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer David C. Hartley
Year of first production 1955
Production years 1955

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner David C. Hartley

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^28% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 28wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE TRUCKED TO DEMING PURCHASE DEPOT; IDLE IN JUNE 1956

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF MANGANESE, ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER OXIDE STAINING WAS OBSERVED IN LIMESTONE BEDDING AT THE TOP OF THE SADDLE ABOUT 100 FEET NORTHWEST OF MAIN WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 12.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE MINED FROM ADIT AT 25-FOOT LEVEL AND 2 RAISES TO OPEN CUT ON SURFACE; 16-FOOT WINZE SHOWED DECREASING MINERALIZATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, STEWART AND DELONG, 1961, USBM IC 7990.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    DOCKTER, ROGER, 1976, FIELD EXAM.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON USBM I.C. 7990

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, STEWART, AND DE LONG, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INF CIRC 7990

  • Production

    USBM IC 7990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M051114 OF ROGER DOCKTER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE BODY PARALLELS BEDDING IN LIMESTONE AND TERMINATES ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF N40E TRENDING FAULT. OXIDIZED PYRITE AND MN OXIDES ARE THE MAIN SHOWING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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