Hope Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193011
MRDS ID M060177
MAS/MILS ID 0160170095
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names Elsie K, Lawrence Mine
Related records 10088842

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.17545, 48.16657 (WGS84)
Elevation 685
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056 N 002 E 26 SWSESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.17545, 48.16657

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 810629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1967 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL CO REPT 6

  • Deposit

    LORAIN 1946 US BUR MINES REPT INV 3992, 10P 6 FIGS

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1946 ECON GEOL VOL 41 NO 2 P 105-123

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1947 USGS BULL 944-B P 37-117

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1930 ECON GEOL V 25 NO 2 P 160-175

  • Deposit

    STARMONT 1929 MINING TRUTH V 14 NO 8 P 7-9, 16

  • Deposit

    NW MINING NEWS 1939 V 5 NO 20 P 6-7

  • Deposit

    WFOC MIN. PROP. FILE #016-017-0095.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references