Hope District

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000406
MRDS ID DC04936
Record type District
Current site name Hope District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.24671, 39.05499 (WGS84)
Relative position WORKINGS ALONG AND NORTH OF HAYDEN GULCH. MANY WORKINGS SHOW ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 28 AND 29. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.24671, 39.05499

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NNW-TRENDING FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description ARKANSAS VALLEY GRABEN, MOSQUITO RANGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name HOPE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, MOENCH, R.H., REED, J.C., JR., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999, 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 138, P. 63-65

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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