The Mizpah Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mizpah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mizpah Mine
Secondary: Austrian Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Wad
Comments
Comment (Workings): AN EAST-WEST TRENDING VEIN WITH A 60 DEG S DIP CUTS LIGHT RHYOLITIC OR LATITIC BRECCIA, WHICH IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED. THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BUNCHES FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER. THE ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR STREAKS OR BANDS. MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER BRECCIATION AND OFTEN FOLLOWS THE QUARTZ CEMENT MATRIX. THE VEIN AVERAGES 6 FT WIDE. THE VEIN IS OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 285 FEET ON 5 LEVELS. (SCHRADER, P 107-8)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILE
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.
