Mine detail: Sunrise Prospect

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.96006, -112.56407
dep_id: 10027533
mrds_id: M003259
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lithium, Feldspar
Trace mineral: Mica, Tantalum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Amblygonite, Lepidolite, Lithiophilite, Muscovite, Spodumene
gangue: Apatite, Quartz, Tantalite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
conc_proc: The Pegmatite Was Introduced Along Fractures, Bedding And Foliation Planes, And Along Country Rock Contacts. Emplacement Was Probably By Mechanical Injection Of Liquids, Accompanied By Local Replacement Of Susceptible Types Of Country Rock.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162 .
  • Deposit:: MEEVES, ET AL, 1966, USBM IC 8298, P. 22.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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