Hope Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011027
MRDS ID D005191
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04277, 37.98079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Relative position 3250 FEET SOUTHEAST OF GOVERNMENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 020W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04277, 37.98079

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ribbon Lineament

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 58 DEG E
    Dip 84 DEG
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW ADIT & A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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