Mine detail: Sunset Mine Group

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.37431, -111.09735
dep_id: 10037111
mrds_id: M030420
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
orebody_fm: SPOT
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidized Pyrite Gossan With Gold And Silver Pocts
ore_ctrl: Irregular, Narrow Fissure Zones
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_type: Rhyolite
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
  • Deposit:: ROBISON, 1954, USAEC PRELIM REPT A-P-287.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: WEBB AND CORYELL, 1954, USAEC RME-2009.
  • Production:: KEITH, 1975.
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