The Surprise Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,740 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,740 Feet (2,359 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.3875, -112.29028
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Surprise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise Mine
Secondary: Ophir Mono Coalition
Secondary: Queen of the West Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GARBER RAISE: 13% PB, 4% CU, 28 OZ./TON AG AND 30 CENTS/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1916, 1918 AND 1920. VALUE DID NOT EXCEED 10,000 DOLLARS
Comment (Workings): THREE NORTHEAST TRENDING DRIFTS DEVELOPED OFF OF S 70 E TREDING MAIN TUNNEL. FIRST DRIFT IS AT 200 FEET FROM PORTAL, IT TRENDS NE FOR 1700 FT WHERE IT PENETRATES THE MARK ANTONY FAULT (TRENDS N 45 W, DIPS 70-75 NE), IT THEN TURNS SE FOR 250 FT. WHERE IT PENETRATES A SECOND FAULT, IT THEN TURNS SOUTHWARD WHERE IT FOLLOWS THE MARK ANTONY FAULT FOR 400 FT., TWO SIDE DRIFTS ARE CUT FROM IT. THE SECOND MAJOR DRIFT IS AT 550 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, IT TRENDS N 50 E, IT IS ABOUT 450 FT LONG AND INTERSECTS TWO VERTICAL FISSURES IN THE "GARBER LIMESTONE", BOTH FISSURES ARE EXPLORED BY RAISES AND WINZES. THE THIRD MAJOR DRIFT IS 720 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND IS FAIRLY SHORT.
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL ORE FOUND IN DRIFT 550 FT. FROM PORTAL.DRIFT IS 450 FT. LONG AND INTERSECTS TWO VERTICAL MINERALIZED FISSURES
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 155-156
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 155.
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