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South End of Good Hope Claims

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044713
MRDS ID M232285
Record type Site
Current site name South End of Good Hope Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21759, 40.78991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 051E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Silicification Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Roberts Mtn.Limestone
    Rock description Roberts Mtn.Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21759, 40.78991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust-Deposit In Lower Plate
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Good Hope Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE VEINS WITH PB-AG VALUES OCCUR AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SILURIAN LIMESTONE, WHICH IS INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE. ORE OCCURS IN BUNCHES IN A VEIN STRIKING NW, DIPPING 50 NE, AND VARYING FROM 3 TO 6 FT IN WIDTH. (VANDERBURG).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Maggie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Minerals And Chemical Co.
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Berning, A.

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE. CLAIM #7 WAS LEASED TO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS CO. IN 1938 WHO SHIPPED ABOUT 300 TONS OF BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B.M BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 272, REFERENCE NO. 3201100043

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1C 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN; FRACTURE FILLINGS OF BARITE WITH LEAD-SLIVER VALUES.
Deposit THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS, AND A MILL SITE, OWNED BY A. BERNING. CLAIM #7 AT THE SOUTH END WAS LEASED TO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CO. IN 1938, THEY SHIPPED ABOUT 300 TONS OF BARITE, DEVELOPEMENT OF THE NORTH CLAIMS CONSISTS OF A 250 FOOT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT AND 100 FEET OF LATERAL WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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