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Arizona · Maricopa County

Sunrise

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 6 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 137: 162-163; Niemuth, N.J. (1987), Arizona Mineral Development 1984-1986, AZ Dept. Mines & Min. Resources Directory 29; USGS 15 minute Vulture Mountains topo. map; Metzger, O.H. (1938), Gold mi…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 6 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Vulture Mountains , 1961
  • Shaft : Outlaw Hill , 1990
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Palo Verde Mining Co. · Historical operator · 1938
  • Sunrise Mining Co. · Source-reported owner · 1938

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Galena
  • Hematite
  • Limonite
  • Muscovite
  • Native Gold
  • Pyrite
  • Sericite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 55666

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (7)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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