The Surprise No. 5 Claims is a fullers earth mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Surprise No. 5 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise No. 5 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Fullers Earth
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bare Mnt.
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, BRANCHING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SERIES SHALLOW ADITS, DOC HOLES AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Development): A SMALL TONNAGE WAS PRODUCED BY SELECTIVE MINING AND SORTING
Comment (Deposit): MILK CHALCEDOMIC QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS, CUT RHYOLITE, AND HAS MINOR FE STAINING THROUGHOUT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 28 APR. 82.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G, 1970, NBMG BULL 76, P. 28-29.
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.
