Mine detail: Mizpah Extension Mining Co.

Previously called 'Mizpah Extension Shaft.Sparrow ClaimWren ClaimBlue Jay ClaimEagle Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07494, -117.21759

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Argentite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Rhyolite
Structure:	Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40ne), Belmont Fault
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M231772
DEP	10103959
Reference	{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	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)