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Surprise Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045826
MRDS ID M233664
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40646, 38.40133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2271

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flagstaff Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 049E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40646, 38.40133
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO; NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPIGENETIC DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL BASE METAL DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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