The Surprise Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.81778, -115.48694
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Surprise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF FREDRICKSON MINE
Comment (Production): SHIPMENT INCLUDED 10 TONS OF MIXED PB - ZN ORE WITH 25 % PB AND 15 % ZN; AND 31 TONS CONTAINING 36 % ZN. WORK DONE BY AZALIA MINING CO.
Comment (Workings): STOPE IS 20 FEET LONG, 15 FEET HIGH AND 3 - 4 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): PB - ZN ORE IS IN BRECCIA ZONE AT BASE OF BIRD SPRING FM. NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGE QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 147 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 197 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL 1965 - HEWETT, 1931 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
