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Surprise Fraction

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045532
MRDS ID M233299
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.28065, 41.29684 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF TUSCARORA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Blitzen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 051E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BEARD HILL JUST ABOVE SOME OLD PLACER WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS VEINLETS OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CUT SHATTERED RHYOLITE. THE WEATHERED VEINS PAN GOLD FREELY AND WERE PERHAPS THE SOURCE FOR SOME OF THE PLACERS (EMMONS 1910).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA CO'S NEV., USGS BULL 408

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS VEINLETS OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CUT SHATTERED RHYOLITE. THE WEATHERED VEINS PAN GOLD FREELY AND WERE PERHAPS THE SOURCE OF THE PLACER GOLD BELOW
Deposit LOCATED ON BEARD HILL 2 MILES WEST OF TUSCARORA JUST ABOVE SOME OLD PLACER WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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