Mizpah Mine

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072062
MRDS ID W015888
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah Mine
Related records 10266480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50131, 46.99736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 12.5 MI NE OF HARVARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 001W 08,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MIZPAH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Vermiculite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Shallow Oxidation; Chlorite; Actinolite

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE ASSAYED 21% CU
Result DISSEMINATED SULFIDE ORE ASSAYED 4-5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Sills Of Hornblende-Diorite
    Rock description Sills Of Hornblende-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Mica Schist;Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Mica Schist;Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50131, 46.99736

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Open Syncline That Trends Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N 49 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M
  • General form BUNCHES
    Dip 60 DEG NW
  • General form BUNCHES
    Dip 60 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact; Bedding Plane Fractures And Fissures; Mizpah Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER AND MIDDLE MEMBERS OF WALLACE FORMATION TREND N 40-45 E, DIP 40-60 N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer R. Robinson

Mining district

District name Hoodoo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Columbia Mines Corp. (Spokane)

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 21wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 40 CARS OF ORE SHIPPED 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 792.48M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY IS EXPOSED BY OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS, STOPES

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1955. 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    MCNEILL, A., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN DEVILS AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1, 105 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, A COPPER DEPOSIT OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE NEAR THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657.

  • Deposit

    CLAYTON, A.B., 1934, COPPER VEINS OF THE MIZPAH MINE IN THE HOODOO DISTRICT NEAR HARVARD, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL COLUMBIA MINES CORP

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657 { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S; RELOCATED ABOUT 1900
Deposit PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION OCURRS IN 3 ROUGHLY PARALLEL ZONES NEAR CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references