Big Surprise

Unknown in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250329
MRDS ID M054978
MAS/MILS ID 0410370183
Record type Site
Current site name Big Surprise
Related records 10040275

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.59137, 42.02155 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fitzwater Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041 S 018 E 09 C Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.59137, 42.02155

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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