The Surprise Fraction is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Surprise Fraction MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (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
Comment (Geology): 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).
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON BEARD HILL 2 MILES WEST OF TUSCARORA JUST ABOVE SOME OLD PLACER WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ON BEARD HILL JUST ABOVE SOME OLD PLACER WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA CO'S NEV., USGS BULL 408
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.
