Mine detail: Sunrise Mine

Previously called 'P.D.Q. Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.16223, -105.44307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills;Undivided Gneiss At Bottom Of Shaft
Host 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)
Alteration processes:	Minor Argillization; In And Near Ferruginous Zone

References

MRDS	D007868
DEP	10012312
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.