Idaho · Shoshone County
Past Producer

Surprise Mine

Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
SilverZincLeadGoldCopper
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead
TertiaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1912
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10168887
MRDS IDW019509
Alternate namesSurprise No. 1 and No. 2, Highland, Highland-Surprise Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.47987, -116.16353
References
ARNOLD,COLEMAN,FRYKLUND 1962 ECON GEOL V 57 NO 8 P 1163-1174US BUREAU OF MINES INFO CIRC 7560 BUTNER 1950 11PFRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445JONES 1920 USGS BULL 710-A P 1-36UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 156PFORRESTER 1945 USGS OP-FILE MAPS: MAPS OF HIGHLAND-SURPRISEFORRESTER AND NELSON 1945 USGS OP-FILE REP: PB-ZN DEP PINE CFRYKLUND AND HARNER 1955 ECON GEOL VOL 50 NO 3 P 339-344Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.SHANNON 1923 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 98-100MSHA.DBF, 1995.