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Mizpah Antimony Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044038
MRDS ID M231357
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah Antimony Mine
Alternate or previous names Burridge's, Irish Rose, Buckingham

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08261, 40.60934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 10 MILES SW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN (TOWN)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 043E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH EAST OF IRISH ROSE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Primary
Arsenic Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08261, 40.60934
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Dewitt Thrust Fault
Local N-Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231357

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B.

  • Deposit

    MILS 190

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD D.C., 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology