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Hope Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027327
MRDS ID M002877
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Mine
Related records 10185534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95042, 33.83757 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON STEEP NE SLOPE OF WORKMAN CREEK ABOUT 1.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM GLOB E-YOUNG ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 014E 30 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Nontronite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Chlorite, Deuteric

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Sierra Ancha Diabase Sheet;
    Rock description Sierra Ancha Diabase Sheet;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Spring Quartzite;
    Rock description Dripping Spring Quartzite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95042, 33.83757
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone Filled With Mobilized Hornfels

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Hornfels Adjacent To Zone Of Transition Dike Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Charles Nichols, Maurice Sharp, Carrel Wilbanks

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Continental Uranium Inc.
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1954-1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.24% U
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 20wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTIVE DEPOSIT FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS & ONE HAULAGE ADIT, PROSPECT PITS. 2 USBM DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, STOPING OF VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, 1978, USAEC RME-2071, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 145, P. 44-54.

  • Production

    SCHWARTZ, 1978; ABM FILE PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002877 WITH RECORD M030441 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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