Mine detail: Sunrise Mine

Previously called 'P.D.Q. Shaft'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.16223, -105.44307
dep_id: 10012312
mrds_id: D007868
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Underground
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Minor Argillization; In And Near Ferruginous Zone
ore_ctrl: Wnw-Trending Fault; Mineralized Fissures; Subsidence Fissures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills;Undivided Gneiss At Bottom Of Shaft
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Tuff
Structure: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Numerous Small Faults, Generally Trending West-Northwest
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
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