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Portland-Mizpah Mine

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046349
MRDS ID M241460
Record type Site
Current site name Portland-Mizpah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91969, 35.64057 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON SW EDGE OF MUSIC MOUNTAINS., Not Enough Information To Locate On Quad

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Music Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Peach Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 026N 015W 17,18 W2 (17) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SEE MUSIC MOUNTAIN MINE FOR DESCRIPTION OF ADJOINING MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.91969, 35.64057
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N42W
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 1.42M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL 2-MICA PLUTON IS PROBABLY ETERT SIMILAR PLUTON NEAR BY WAS DATED AT 65 M.Y.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Music Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 1-400 FT SHAFT, TUNNELS-1085 FT, CROSSCUTS-210 FT, RAISES-500 FT, STOPES-390 FT.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: JIM ATKINS, DEAN HOGUE, CHARLES M. GIVERN, PORRTLAND + MIZPAH MINING COMPANY, AND PEACOCK CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR PORTLAND-MIZPAH-FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS 18 TO 24 IN WIDE EACH ABOVE 325 FT, BELOW 48 TO 56 IN WIDE EACH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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