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Good Hope

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043810
MRDS ID M231093
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.5885, 39.84933 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 021E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Adv Argillic, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.5885, 39.84933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mullen Pass Ne-Trending Structure

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fault Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, A B, GEOL & MIN DEP PYRAMID DIST S WASHOE CO, NEV, UNPUB PHD DISSERT, MSM, UNR 197

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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