Good Hope-Nevada Group

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014107
MRDS ID D010744
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope-Nevada Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Good Hope, Nevada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.9912, 37.35223 (WGS84)
Elevation 2432
Relative position 7.9 MILES N 53 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durango West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 010W 29 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ALONG LIGHTNER CREEK 600 FT BELOW SOUTH FORK CONFLUENCE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Roscoelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYS OF 0.60% U308 AND 20.4% V205
Result ORE ASSAYED 0.07% U308 AND 1.66% V205.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.9912, 37.35223

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome, Perrins Peak Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Durango Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. C. P. Corp.
    Home office Loveland
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pinkerton And Butell
    Home office Durango, Co.
    First year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period -1971
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.07% U308, 1.66% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • NEWER 15-FT TUNNEL; 400-FT TUNNEL ON GOOD HOPE CLAIM; 5 TUNNELS FROM 10 TO 50 FT LONG ON NEVADA CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 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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