Mine detail: Mizpah Gold Mine

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.86528, -105.99254
dep_id: 10018142
mrds_id: DC04951
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Ore At Shale/Porphyry Contact
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Minturn And Belden Formations
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Latite Porphyry
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Faults, Trout Creek Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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