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Lost Hope Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101714
MRDS ID D007802
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Hope Mine
Related records 10301217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.89892, 40.85131 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
Relative position 6700 FEET N24E OF TETZLAFF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetzlaff Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 018W 04 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation And Hematitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Phyllite And Limestone
    Rock description Phyllite And Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.89892, 40.85131
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 49 NE
    Thickness 2.29M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds And Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taylor Weston
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hal D. Bills Exploration

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A FEW TONS MAY REMAIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAFFER, F.E., 1960. GEOL. OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS., BOX ELDER AND TOOELE CO., UT.; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 15.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED THIN VEINS, A FEW FAVORABLE BEDS IRREGULARLY REPLACED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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