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Sunrise Mine Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090120
MRDS ID D005839
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Mine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06219, 38.44774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn, Wollastonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Toroweap Formation
    Rock description Toroweap Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06219, 38.44774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local & Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/VEINS
    Strike E-W
    Dip 75 N
    Plunge 5
    Plunge direction N
    Length 121.92M
    Width 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer Essex International
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Rocky

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Essex International

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.762HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS OPEN CUTS AND PITS, AND A SHAFT (CAVED) SURFACE AREA IS APPROX 1000 X 1000 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS IN PRESS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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