The Mizpah Consolidated is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mizpah Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mizpah Consolidated
Secondary: Butte Group
Secondary: Buena Vista Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Dolly Varden (Mizpah)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Along Fissures Intrusive
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MIZPAH CONSOLIDATED GROUP OF 21 CLAIMS IS LOCATED NEAR THE SUMMIT OF THE N.SPUR OF THE RANGE 1 1/2 MILES SE OF MIZPAH SPRINGS. SEVERAL SMALL VEINS ARE EXPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORK ON DIFFERENT CLAIMS. A 1300' CROSSCUT ADIT IS THE MAIN WORKINGS, IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE SUMMIT, AND WAS DRIVEN TO CUT THE NORTHERN VEIN (18"-2' WIDE) WHICH WAS REPORTED TO CARRY VERY GOOD GRADE CU-AU.
Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF RANGE; BASED ON SNOW (PLATE 1)
Comment (Development): 21 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEINS CARRIED GOOD COPPER-GOLD VALUES
Comment (Workings): 1300-FT.-CROSSCUT ADIT
Comment (Geology): PORPHYRITIC QTZ MONZONITE, HEMATITE VEINLETS CUTTING ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648.
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAMINATION BY J. V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/11/80
Reference (Deposit): SNOW, G.G., 1963, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NV, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
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.
