Pay Rock Sunrise Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119966
MAS/MILS ID 0160170087
Record type Site
Current site name Pay Rock Sunrise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.45665, 48.16926 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talache(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056 N 001 W 33 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • T 56N, R 1W, SEC 33, NE 1/4, GARFIELD BAY; APPROX .5 MILE FROM SUNRISE RESORT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.45665, 48.16926

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. A. Degerstrom, Invorporated
    ID 1001512
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED NOV 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/14/1981
MSHA mine ID1001512
Mine name (MSHA)Payrock Sunrise Mine
Current operatorN A Degerstrom Inc
Current controller (parent)N A Degerstrom
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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