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Good Hope Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104096
MRDS ID M241735
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22556, 38.86162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2557

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arch Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N;012N 069E;069E 03,04;33,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE; PROJECTED FROM THE EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 0.09 70W, 0.4 OZ/T AG, 0.01% CU, 6.25% PB (SEE ATTACHED SAMPLE DATA - USBM)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Corset Spring Shale;Johns Wash Limestone, Lincoln Peaks
    Rock description Corset Spring Shale;Johns Wash Limestone, Lincoln Peaks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.22556, 38.86162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 25-60 W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 548.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Parallel Limestone Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME GOSSAN STRUCTURE PRESENT ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING; ADIT, CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, PITS DECLINE AT LEAST 35 FT; 3 SHORT ADITS; 2 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • REPORTED IN 1983 AS HAVING BEEN RECENTLY ACTIVE WITH EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING. PROBABLY SMALL TO MODERATE RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83

  • Production

    USBM, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE STRINGERS UP TO 0.5 IN. WIDE IN QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS; A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED GALENA AND IRON OXIDE IN QUARTZ VEIN. SMALL AMOUNT OF MALACHITE AND AZURITE STAINING ON THE QUARTZ. CONTINUITY CONCEALED BY OVERBURDEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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