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Surprise Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088430
MRDS ID DC12198
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Mine
Alternate or previous names Ophir Mono Coalition, Queen of the West Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29108, 40.38744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2359
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6,800 FT S 56 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 16 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GARBER RAISE: 13% PB, 4% CU, 28 OZ./TON AG AND 30 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Deseret;Humbug
    Rock description Deseret;Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29108, 40.38744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1916, 1918 AND 1920. VALUE DID NOT EXCEED 10,000 DOLLARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1676.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE NORTHEAST TRENDING DRIFTS DEVELOPED OFF OF S 70 E TREDING MAIN TUNNEL. FIRST DRIFT IS AT 200 FEET FROM PORTAL, IT TRENDS NE FOR 1700 FT WHERE IT PENETRATES THE MARK ANTONY FAULT (TRENDS N 45 W, DIPS 70-75 NE), IT THEN TURNS SE FOR 250 FT. WHERE IT PENETRATES A SECOND FAULT, IT THEN TURNS SOUTHWARD WHERE IT FOLLOWS THE MARK ANTONY FAULT FOR 400 FT., TWO SIDE DRIFTS ARE CUT FROM IT. THE SECOND MAJOR DRIFT IS AT 550 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, IT TRENDS N 50 E, IT IS ABOUT 450 FT LONG AND INTERSECTS TWO VERTICAL FISSURES IN THE "GARBER LIMESTONE", BOTH FISSURES ARE EXPLORED BY RAISES AND WINZES. THE THIRD MAJOR DRIFT IS 720 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND IS FAIRLY SHORT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL ORE FOUND IN DRIFT 550 FT. FROM PORTAL.DRIFT IS 450 FT. LONG AND INTERSECTS TWO VERTICAL MINERALIZED FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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