USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Sunrise Mine
Source Corroborated Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 6 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented 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…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 5 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
- Shaft : Outlaw Hill , 1990
- Shaft : Vulture Mountains , 1961
- Shaft : Outlaw Hill , 1990
View individual source records (7)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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. -
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. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Gold
- Silver
- Galena
View all 14 reported minerals
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Gold
- Silver
- Galena
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Muscovite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Sericite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & 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.
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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