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Good Hope Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037138
MRDS ID M031006
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names Phoenix
Related records 10246618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9236, 35.45612 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position .5 MILE SOUTH OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029S 063E 3 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS QUARTETTE MINE ON THE NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.9236, 35.45612
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Verticle Fault With Drop Of About 100 Feet

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 45 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In County Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FADES OUT WITH DEPTH, 2 PARALLEL VEINS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROSPECTED, 56 DEG. SW AND 48 SW DIPS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE PRODUCED INCLUDED WITH DUPLEX PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 112.78M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 164 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 201 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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