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Mizpah Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Tungsten, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101024
MRDS ID A015455
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Joe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.32239, 65.06857 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 48. MINE ON NORTH SIDE OF FAIRBANKS CR. ONE HALF TO ONE MILE WEST OF TOO MUCH GOLD CREEK, AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,800 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.32239, 65.06857
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIZPAH VEIN AVERAGES 12 INCHES IN THICKNESS; A LITTLE GOLD IS PRESENT IN GOUGE ALONG WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WORKED 1912-18 AND POSSIBLY (THROUGH GILMORE TUNNEL) AFTER 1931. STAKED IN 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIZPAH LODE IS FROM 3 IN. TO 3 FT. THICK, STRIKES E TO S 70 E AND DIPS ABOUT 65 SW, AND CARRIES GOLD, SCHEELITE, AND STIBNITE; IN FAULTED ZONE GOLD QUARTZ REPLACED BY EARTHY WAD AND OXIDIZED SILVER-LEAD ORE. HORSES ARE PRESENT IN SEVERAL PLACES. STIBNITE PRESENT IN SOME PARTS OF VEIN; GOLD CONTENT GREATER WHERE STIBNITE IS PRESENT. SECOND GENERATION GOLD QUARTZ CUTS BULL QUARTZ. IN ADJACENT BLACK JOE LODE A GOLD-TUNGSTEN VEIN CUTS QUARTZITE SCHIST; VEIN STRIKES N 20 W, DIPS 18 SW, AND CUTS THE CLEAVAGE OF SCHIST THAT STRIKES N 80 W AND DIPS ABOUT 80 S. GOLD AND SCHEELITE OCCUR IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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