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Surprise Mine

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032674
MRDS ID M014331
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Mine
Related records 10224721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63853, 44.71569 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 041E 12 NE OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63853, 44.71569
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Fault Contact Between Elkhorn Ridge Argillite And Tertiary Lake Sediments.

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALUES ARE EXTRACTED FROM A CLAYISH BRECCIA WHICH DIRECTLY OVERLIES ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Rick, W. B.

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Palmen (Estate)
    Home office Baker Or.

Comments on the production information

  • 33 TONS OF .71 OZ - TON ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1948, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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