Surprise

The Surprise is a lead, silver, arsenic, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Surprise

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Copper

Lat, Long: 33.7569, -114.02030

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Satelite image of the Surprise

Surprise MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Surprise


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Perry


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): IN PLOMOSA DIST EXACT LOC UNKNOWN

Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA


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