Mizpah

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198321
MAS/MILS ID 0320230095
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah
Alternate or previous names Mizpah Extension, Sparrow, Wren, Blue Jay, Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.21762, 38.07494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 042 E 36 NWSENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 51, 1953, PP55-56

  • Deposit

    IN E AREA OF TONOPAH MIN DIST; ADJOINING REMOTE E CLAIMS OF

  • Deposit

    BELMONT

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 225, 1904, P 90, 101-102

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 42, 1905, PP 115-124

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 213, 1903, P82

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 219, 1903, P8, 19-20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.