Mizpah Mine

The Mizpah Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mizpah Mine
Secondary: Black Joe

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 48. MINE ON NORTH SIDE OF FAIRBANKS CR. ONE HALF TO ONE MILE WEST OF TOO MUCH GOLD CREEK, AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,800 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINE WORKED 1912-18 AND POSSIBLY (THROUGH GILMORE TUNNEL) AFTER 1931. STAKED IN 1910.

Comment (Deposit): MIZPAH LODE IS FROM 3 IN. TO 3 FT. THICK, STRIKES E TO S 70 E AND DIPS ABOUT 65 SW, AND CARRIES GOLD, SCHEELITE, AND STIBNITE; IN FAULTED ZONE GOLD QUARTZ REPLACED BY EARTHY WAD AND OXIDIZED SILVER-LEAD ORE. HORSES ARE PRESENT IN SEVERAL PLACES. STIBNITE PRESENT IN SOME PARTS OF VEIN; GOLD CONTENT GREATER WHERE STIBNITE IS PRESENT. SECOND GENERATION GOLD QUARTZ CUTS BULL QUARTZ. IN ADJACENT BLACK JOE LODE A GOLD-TUNGSTEN VEIN CUTS QUARTZITE SCHIST; VEIN STRIKES N 20 W, DIPS 18 SW, AND CUTS THE CLEAVAGE OF SCHIST THAT STRIKES N 80 W AND DIPS ABOUT 80 S. GOLD AND SCHEELITE OCCUR IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VEIN.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): MIZPAH VEIN AVERAGES 12 INCHES IN THICKNESS; A LITTLE GOLD IS PRESENT IN GOUGE ALONG WALLS.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 48

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 405-406

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 162

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-B, P. 107.

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