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Surprise Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109853
MRDS ID M800265
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Mine
Alternate or previous names New Gunsite
Related records 10137790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.68323, 32.204 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Relative position 16 MILES SE OF AJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunsight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 004W 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SECTION 16 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.68323, 32.204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A "FEW TONS" OF HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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 Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.