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Good Hope Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037454
MRDS ID M035293
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46901, 38.45298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position SOUTH FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, 10 MI SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 031E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SITE LOCATED AMIDST PAMLICO WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD OCCURS AS NUGGETS AND WIRES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46901, 38.45298
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pamlico Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 15 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OFFSET ON EACH END BY NORTHERLY TRENDING FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1885 - 1912

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. H. Holloway

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN. LINCOLN ( 1923 ) ( F 1 ) ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $150,000 PRIMARILY IN GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN ACCESSIBLE THROUGH AN ADIT 500 FT. LONG THAT TRENDS NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY FROM NORTH SIDE OF NEVERSWEAT CANYON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV., RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 137 - 157

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD, PAUL ( F 2 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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