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Mount Hope Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Cadmium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044732
MRDS ID M232308
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Hope Mine
Related records 10310475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15897, 39.78742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 052E 07,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marmatite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Development, Tactite-Hornfels

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Hope Rhyolite Dome;Garden Valley Limestone
    Rock description Mt Hope Rhyolite Dome;Garden Valley Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden Valley Limestone
    Rock description Garden Valley Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15897, 39.78742
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mt. Hope Rhyolite Dome

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonates In Proximity To Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WORKINGS EXPLORE THE CONTACT BETWEEN AN ALASKITE STOCK WITH THE CARBONATES OF THE GARDEN VALLEY FORMATION. ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANTS. LARGE AREAS OF SKARN HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE SHALES & CARBONATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Mount Hope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUED AT $1,335,393 AS OF 1964, WITH VALUES PRIMARILY IN LEAD AND ZINE WITH LESSER COPPER, GOLD, AND SILVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SEPARATE WORKINGS: LORRAINE AREA; WHIM SHAFT; MT. HOPE #1 SHAFT; MOUNT HOPE #2 ADIT.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY THE U.S.B.M. IN 1946. RECENT EXPLORATION FOR MOLYBDENUM BY EXXON CO., USA, HAS OUTLINED A SIZEABLE OREBODY OF MINEABLE GRADE IN THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL(1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    MATSON, E. J. (1946) EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKA CO. NEV., U.S. BUREAU OF MINE R. I. 3928

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 132, REF. NO. 3201100037, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 79.004

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM INF. CIR. 7022

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR NEAR CONTACT OF ALASKITE STOCK WITH CARBONATES. ORE OCCURS SPECIFICALLY AS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANTS.
Deposit THE MINE CONSISTS OF FOUR SEPARATE WORKINGS: LORRAINE AREA, THE WHIM SHAFT, MOUNT HOPE #2 SHAFT, MOUNT HOPE #2 ADIT. EXPLORED BY THE U.S.B. OF M. IN 1946. TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUED AT $1,335,393 AS OF 1964. RECENT EXPLORATION FOR MOLYBDENUM BY EXXON CO, USA HAS OUTLINED A SIZEABLE OREBODY OF MINEABLE GRADE IN THIS AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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