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High Hopes Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044945
MRDS ID M232588
Record type Site
Current site name High Hopes Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2703, Barrett Springs Dep.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97459, 41.06933 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH SLOPE OF KRUM HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barrett Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 036E 3A CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT BARRETT SPRINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2703 OF MONTMORILLONITE CONTAINS 5 % FE, 1.5 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.3 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 500 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 50 PPM PB, 700 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, AND 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip FLAT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ten Mile District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Cube, Inc., Minerals Division
    Home office P. O. Box 1710, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, 3 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED TO DEPTHS OF 84, 55, AND 33 FT IN 1963. IN 1965, A SMALL MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED UN WINNEMUCCA TO PROCESS CLAY FROM THIS PROPERTY. THE MILL WAS IDLE IN 1968 AND VERY LITTLE MATERIAL WAS MINED. IT WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS FROM 1980-1983, OWNED BY K.W. SYNDER, P.O. BOX 1007, WINNEMUCCA. IN 1984, OWNERSHIP HAD PASSED TO NEVADA CUBE, INC., WHO EMPLOYED 4 PEOPLE AT THE MILL IN SEC. 28.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, NBMG BULL 76, P. 20, 22.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59, PL.1.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 1985.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #5. STATE MINING INSPECTOR, 1980-1985, DIRECTORIES OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE 1980-1984. #6. PAPKE, K.G., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MONTMORILLONITE OCCURS IN AN ALLUVIUM-COVERED AREA, EXPOSED BY SEVERAL EXCAVATIONS IN THE CENTER OF THE AREA. A THICK CLAY-WATER SLURRY OOZES TO THE SURFACE AT ONE PLACE. ONE DRILL HOLE WAS IN ALLUVIUM FOR 7 FT, IN PLACE GREENISH GRAY BENTONITIC MUD AND SHALE FROM 17.5 TO 43 FT, IN PALE GRAY BENTONITIC MUD AND SHALE FROM 43 TO 50.5 FT AND IN SANDSTONE AND ARGILLACEOUS SANDSTONE IN THE OTHER INTERVALS DOWN TO 84 FT. TESTS PERFORMED BY THE USBM ON 2 SAMPLES FROM THE CLAY INTERVALS. BOTH HAD A YIELD OF 49 BARRELS SHOWING THAT A VISCOSITY OF 15 CENTIPOISES WAS ACHIEVED WITH AN 11 % CLAY MIXTURE.
Deposit FLAT-LYING BENTONITE IS PRESENT IN PIT AND NEARBY AREAS IN AN OTHERWISE ALLUVIUM-COVERED AREA. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PIT, A PECULIAR RIDGE OF TUFF ABOUT 15 FT HIGH AND 50 FT WIDE SEPARATES THE PIT FROM THE STRIPPED AREA TO THE EAST. THIS BEDROCK MATERIAL IS PALE RED WITH PATCHES AND STREAKS OF DEVITRIFIED GLASS WITHOUT CLAY. THICKNESS OF THE CLAY IN THE PIT IS UNCERTAIN BUT DRILL-HOLE DATA SUGGEST IT IS ABOUT 40 FT WITH SOME POORER CLAY INTERLAYERS. A LINE OF SPRINGS IS PRESENT ALONG THE SOUTH END OF THE PIT AND STRIPPED AREAS. CLAY IS PALE GREENISH YELLOW AND RESULTED FROM ALTERATION OF VOLCANIC ASH IN AN ALKALINE LAKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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