| Deposit ID | 10105541 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007438 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunrise Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Queen Mine |
| Related records | 10270429 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.32925, 46.48461 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 16 MILES BY ROAD SW OF DRUMMOND MONTANA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granite(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Granite |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 009N | 014W | 35 | S2 OF SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | MAIN ADIT LEVEL .105% W $4-10/TON AU (1900), 3-6% CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Newland Formation |
| Rock description | Newland Formationt |
| (1) | -113.32925, 46.48461 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Marshall Creek Syncline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 DEG E |
| Dip | 15 TO 37 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 1M |
| Length | 800M |
| Width | 3M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 500M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | Henderson District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sanderson Trucking Co. |
| Home office | Philipsburg, MT 59858 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virgil Sanderson, 2900 Moulton, Butte, Mont. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 500M |
| Overall length | 411.48M |
| Overall width | 250M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007438 |
USBM REP INVES 4689
USGS PP 78, P. 256-257
USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 17, 19, 20.
MBMG BULL 72, P. 10
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE OXIDIZED ORE IS NEAR THE APEX. THE SULFIDE ORE IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE LONGER TUNNELS ABOUT 500 FT FROM THE PORTAL AND AT A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 200 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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