Mine detail: Surprise Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.13346, -116.51026

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	St. Regis Formation-Argillite, Siltite
Host type:	Silt,Argillite
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Sericite

References

MRDS	W026800
DEP	10106008
Reference	GREEN, W. R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)