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Mizpah Extension Mining Co.

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103959
MRDS ID M231772
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah Extension Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Sparrow Claim, Wren Claim, Blue Jay Claim, Eagle Claim, Mizpah Extension Shaft.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21759, 38.07494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position 0.29 MILES NE OF MT. ODDIE

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 003N;003N 042E;043E 36;31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 13 CLAIMS.
  • LARGEST CLAY DISTRICT IN NEVADA. SITE DATA TAKEN FROM L.A. CHEMICAL COMPANY CLAY PROPERTY, RECORD # M241786(I.E. DISTRICTS' MAIN PRODUCER)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result RELATIVELY HIGH AU:AG RATIO

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation
    Rock description West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40ne), Belmont Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 40NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • STRIP MINING
  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,000 FT DEEP MIZPAH EXTENSION SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 13 CLAIMS; THIS WAS GENERALLY AN UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 194-197

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MINING DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23

  • Production

    CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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