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Surprise Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037238
MRDS ID M031133
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Mine
Related records 10197584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48778, 35.81778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF FREDRICKSON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48778, 35.81778
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Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB - ZN ORE IS IN BRECCIA ZONE AT BASE OF BIRD SPRING FM. NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT INCLUDED 10 TONS OF MIXED PB - ZN ORE WITH 25 % PB AND 15 % ZN; AND 31 TONS CONTAINING 36 % ZN. WORK DONE BY AZALIA MINING CO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPE IS 20 FEET LONG, 15 FEET HIGH AND 3 - 4 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031133

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGE QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 147 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 197 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL 1965 - HEWETT, 1931 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey