| Deposit ID | 10168887 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W019509 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160790023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Surprise Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Surprise No. 1 and No. 2, Highland, Highland-Surprise Mine |
| Related records | 10073431 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.16353, 47.47987 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1000 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shoshone(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Masonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)
Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Shoshone |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 048 N | 002 E | 26 | NWSENE | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -116.16353, 47.47987 |
|---|
| Strike | N65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 75S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 458M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 610M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| District name | Yreka |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Highland-Surprise Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Home office | Idaho |
| Year | 1975 |
| First year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160790023 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W019509 | MAS references MRDS |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | SP_282 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
ARNOLD,COLEMAN,FRYKLUND 1962 ECON GEOL V 57 NO 8 P 1163-1174
US BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7560 BUTNER 1950 11P
FRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445
JONES 1920 USGS BULL 710-A P 1-36
UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 156P
FORRESTER 1945 USGS OP-FILE MAPS: MAPS OF HIGHLAND-SURPRISE
FORRESTER AND NELSON 1945 USGS OP-FILE REP: PB-ZN DEP PINE C
FRYKLUND AND HARNER 1955 ECON GEOL VOL 50 NO 3 P 339-344
SHANNON 1923 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 98-100
MSHA.DBF, 1995.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS MINE MAY OR MAY NOT BE MSHA.DBF (1995) #1000499. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 11-MAY-95 | Kauffman, John D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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