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Suprise Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050814
MRDS ID N000187
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3482 & #3483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59627, 38.87463 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N 21E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Aragonite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59627, 38.87463
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1900-1920 WORKED, NO RECENT WORK.

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ONE ON EAST, ONE ON WEST SIDE OF THE RIDGE; SMALL CUTS & PIT ON RIDGE TOP. WESTERN ADIT TRENDS EAST, BUT TURNS TO NORTH ABOUT 20 FEET INSIDE PORTAL. IT MAY BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH AND HAS A LARGE DUMP. EASTERN ADIT TRENDS WEST BUT IS CAVED AT THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3482 & #3483 VISIT, APRIL 12, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBONATE ROCKS STRIKE N70W, DIP 45 SE. VEINS GENERALLY PARALLEL THE NW TREND OF THE RIDGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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