USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Sunrise
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Cu-Pb-Au-Ag occurrence/mine located in the NE¼NE¼ sec. 17, T23S, R24E, about 1 km SSW of old town Bisbee, on land of unknown status. The Sunrise shaft, also known as the Golden Gate claim was dug to 734 feet (ca. 224 m). Raising…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 734 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 21 shaft symbols
- 12 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: sec. 17, T23S, R24E, about 1 km SSW of old town Bisbee, on land of unknown status. The Sunrise shaft, also known as the Golden Gate c…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
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 (21)
- mapped adit symbols (12)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 55665
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
- underground workings
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