| Deposit ID | 10045663 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233451 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mizpah Consolidated |
| Alternate or previous names | Butte Group, Buena Vista Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.55893, 40.39464 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES SE OF MIZPAH SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mizpah Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 066E | 20 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -114.55893, 40.39464 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 45W |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Dolly Varden (Mizpah) |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233451 |
HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648.
FIELD EXAMINATION BY J. V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/11/80
SNOW, G.G., 1963, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NV, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS CARRIED GOOD COPPER-GOLD VALUES |
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1990 | Marcus, Susan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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