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Surprise Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044536
MRDS ID M231988
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79257, 37.60301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6.5 MILES NE OF GOLD CRATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Civet Cat Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 046E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79257, 37.60301
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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 Wellington District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wheelwright, Dr. F. B.
    Home office Boulder City
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS SAID THAT 100 TONS OF UNRECORDED ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 100 FEET AND 30 FEET DEEP, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 212

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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