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Last Hope Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045360
MRDS ID M233069
Record type Site
Current site name Last Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names Green Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70708, 39.07435 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 MILE SSW OF CAMP TERRELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70708, 39.07435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 25-50S
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Plane; Contact Of Andesite With Rhyolite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT (THE GREEN SHAFT) HAS DRIFTS AND LATERALS ON THE 50-AND 000-FT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1913, THE COMPANY WAS DOING DEVELOPMENT WORK AND HAD SHIPPED 7 TONS ORE. A SMALL LOT OF SILICEOUS ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1921.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., (1947) USGS OFR

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C., (1947) USGS OFR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JOINT PLANE NEAR CONTACT OF ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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