Mizpah Gold Mine

The Mizpah Gold Mine is a lead, zinc, gold, and silver mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mizpah Gold Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Trout Creek Pass Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Faults, Trout Creek Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Location): ON HILL ABOVE TROUT CREEK AND OLD RAILROAD GRADE. ACROSS SMALL INTERMITTENT STREAM FROM CHUBB PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEDIMENTARY BEDS DIP 75, SOME OF W. SECTION IS COVERED BY MG. PORPHYRY SILL. ORE AT SHALE PORPHYRY CONTACT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

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