The Mizpah Extension Mining Co. is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,220 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.075, -117.21667
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Mizpah Extension Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mizpah Extension Mining Co.
Secondary: Sparrow Claim
Secondary: Wren Claim
Secondary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Eagle Claim
Secondary: Mizpah Extension Shaft.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40ne), Belmont Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RELATIVELY HIGH AU:AG RATIO
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LARGEST CLAY DISTRICT IN NEVADA. SITE DATA TAKEN FROM L.A. CHEMICAL COMPANY CLAY PROPERTY, RECORD # M241786(I.E. DISTRICTS' MAIN PRODUCER)
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 13 CLAIMS.
Comment (Development): 13 CLAIMS; THIS WAS GENERALLY AN UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,000 FT DEEP MIZPAH EXTENSION SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): STRIP MINING
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 194-197
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
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.
