Mizpah Consolidated

The Mizpah Consolidated is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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: Mizpah Consolidated  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.39472, -114.55806

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.