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Hope Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013245
MRDS ID D009434
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Hope Nos. 1-4, Hope M. S.
Related records 10143173

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.8384, 39.11777 (WGS84)
Elevation 2664
Relative position 6 MILES S 12 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 085W 12 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN RICHMOND HILL AREA ALONG CASTLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 101 OZ/TON AG
Result ORE GRADES SHOW 9 TO 95 OZ/TON AG, 1 TO 8 % PB, 0.6 TO 1.8 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.8384, 39.11777
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Castle Creek Fault Zone, Annie Fault, Hope Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contacts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Herron, William And Associates
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^71.08 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.17 % Fe, 2.79 % S
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Sulfur Sulfur 3wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2007g/mt
  • Year 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^95 Oz/Ton Ag, 8 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2682g/mt
  • Year 1928
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^51.3 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.5 % Pb, 0.6 % Zn, 8 % Fe, 7 % S
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Sulfur Sulfur 7wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 8wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1449g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^53.8 Oz/Ton Ag, 4.9 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Major Conc. Silver Silver 1519g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.5 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 339g/mt
  • Year 1936
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25 Oz/Ton Ag, 4 % Pb, 0.3 % Zn, 4 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Iron Iron 4wt-pct
    Minor Conc. Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Conc. Silver Silver 706g/mt
  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9 Oz/Ton Ag, 1 % Pb, 1.8 % Zn, 2 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 2wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1916-20, 1929, 1931, 1934. NO RECORDS FOR 1922, 1924-25, 1927, 1930, 1932-33

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3352.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL DRIVEN N 78 E FOR 2000 FT. AT POINT 1800 FT FROM PORTAL, BRANCH HEADS GENERALLY NE FOR 3500 FT. AT THIS POINT, FIRST EAST CROSSCUT DRIVEN 1500 FT AT N 84 TO 88 E, WHILE MAIN TUNNEL CONTINUES DUE NORTH FOR 2300 FT, THENCE EAST AND NE AS SECOND EAST CROSSCUT FOR APPROX 1400 FT; ONE OR TWO UPRAISES OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1926, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 785, P. 1-28 &&

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863 &&

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20310A, 20310B

  • Production

    COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG EAST BOUNDARY OF CASTLE CREEK FAULT ZONE, LITTLE ANNIE QUARTZ PORPHYRY SILL INTRUDES BELDEN FM DIPPING 80 WEST. HANGING WALL IS NORMAL IGNEOUS CONTACT, UNSHATTERED AND BARREN. APLITE DIKE CUTS QUARTZ PORPHYRY SILL DIAGONALLY (TRENDING MORE WEST OF NORTH) AND PENETRATES BELDEN FM. WEDGE END OF APLITE IS SHATTERED AND MINERALIZED. APLITE IS SPARSELY INTERLACED WITH GALENA-BEARING BARITE VEINLETS. FOOTWALL CONTAINS GALENA IN BARITE WITH SOME CALCITE, POLYBASITE, WIRE AG, AND A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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