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Sunrise Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019934
MRDS ID DC11974
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50505, 45.5974 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Relative position 1.0 MI S OF ROCHESTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W SW OF SW,05 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT N40E OF COOPER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50505, 45.5974
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip 87 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED ORE IN 3 PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OLD SHAFT WAS SUNK ON NORTHERNMOST VEIN. AN ADIT AND WINZE DEVELOP SOUTH VEIN. OXIDIZED ORE WAS STOPED FROM 30-FT UP TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 44-45.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-22-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE OR MORE PARALLEL VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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