| Deposit ID | 10109868 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800377 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunset Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sunset & Polar Star, Sunset & Bogart |
| Related records | 10186212 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.32824, 34.43866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1731 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.3 MILES SSE OF MT. ELLIOTT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 12 | 001W | 26 | NE OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | As Line N30a | ||||||||
| Rock description | As Line N30a | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.32824, 34.43866 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | Gus Albert (?) |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| Year of last production | 1941 |
| District name | Ticonderoga District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Schmidt |
| First year | 1941 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800377 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
USGS GQ MAP GQ-997
USGS BULL 1336 GEOLOGIC MAPS
MILS LOCATION DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-81 | Dewitt, Ed H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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