Mizpah Consolidated

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -114.55893, 40.39464 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF MIZPAH SPRING

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 066E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF RANGE; BASED ON SNOW (PLATE 1)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Along Fissures Intrusive

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55893, 40.39464

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 45W
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRITIC QTZ MONZONITE, HEMATITE VEINLETS CUTTING ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden (Mizpah)

Comments on the workings information

  • 1300-FT.-CROSSCUT ADIT

Comments on development

  • 21 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648.

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J. V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/11/80

  • Deposit

    SNOW, G.G., 1963, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NV, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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