| Deposit ID | 10009972 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003295 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunrise Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hilltop Mine, Dooley Mine, Dome Mine, Killions Mine |
| Related records | 10150142 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.96757, 32.08902 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 24 MILES S 41 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 025S | 021W | 35 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | El Paso Limestone |
| Rock description | El Paso Limestone |
| (1) | -108.96757, 32.08902 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Granite Gap Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60-75E |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | San Simon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. H. Winslow |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. B. Killion |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | By-1956 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003295 |
DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 25-26
ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11
DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINOR SCHEELITE BEARING QTZ VEINS IN GRANITE. ORIGI NALLY MINED FOR AG AND PB VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE GAP FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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