Good Hope, Goodsprings, Goose Creek, Gourd Springs Districts

Publication Info:
Nevada Mining Districts (Compiled Reports)
The Districts Described in This Section are from the following publications:

Mining Districts of Nevada - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 47 (updated 1998); Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada - USGS Bulletin 1356 (1973)

Table of Contents

Good Hope District (Elko County)

Overview

Other Names: Aurora, Amazon

County: Elko

Discovered: 1873; 1875

Commodities: silver, antimony, gold, arsenic

Comments

Located about 25 miles northwest of Tuscarora in T41N, R49E. Two historic districts, Amazon and Aurora, are included in the present Good Hope district; Amazon (1873) was in the northeast corner of the township, Aurora (1875) was in the west half of the township. According to Smith (1976), the area was renamed Good Hope, probably in 1878.

References

Whitehill, 1877, p. 26; Angel, 1881, p. 392-393; Hill, 1912, p. 204; Lincoln, 1923, p. 46; Stoddard, 1932, p. 31; Lotz, 1934, p. 18; Gianella, 1945, p. 41; Granger and others, 1957, p. 72; Lawrence, 1963, p. 60; La Heist, 1964, p. 66; Smith, 1976, p. 77; Wong, 1982, table 1; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 102

Good Hope District (Esmeralda County)

Overview

Other Names: White Wolf, Lookout Mountain

County: Esmeralda

Commodities: silver, gold

Comments

Located in T4S, R36E, on the southern flank of the Silver Peak Mountains about 7 miles south of Piper Peak.

References

Spurr, 1906, p. 85; Lincoln, 1923, p. 73; U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1931, p. 617; Stoddard, 1932, p. 38; Gianella, 1945, p. 55; Albers and Stewart, 1972, p. 69

Goodsprings District

Overview

Other Names: Good Springs, Yellow Pine, Yellowpine, Potosi, Clarke, lvanpah, Migual Marsh, New England, Wheeler

County: Clark

Discovered: 1855

Commodities: zinc, lead, silver, gold, copper, platinum, palladium, vanadium, cobalt, molybdenum, uranium, antimony, titanium, perlite

Comments

The original Yellow Pine or Potosi district was centered around the Potosi Mine in the north part of the present Goodsprings district. The Clarke district, centered on Clark Mountain in California, included the southern part of the present district as well as the lvanpah area and part of the Crescent (New York) district to the south. Averett (1962) stated New England was the name of the first district organized in the Goodsprings area. The Wheeler district, described as being in southern Spring Mountains, was later incorporated into the Goodsprings district.

References

General Land Office, 1866; White, 1871, p. 103; Wheeler, 1872, p. 52-53; Whitehill, 1873, p. 94-95; Angel, 1881, p. 486; Stuart, 1909, p. 136; Hill, 1912, p. 202; Lincoln, 1923, p. 29; Stoddard, 1932, p. 25-26; Vanderburg, 1937b, p. 37; Gianella, 1945, p. 28-29; Averett, 1962, p. 74, 98; Beal, 1963, p. 14; Gemmill, 1964, p. 235; Longwell and others, 1965, p. 102; Lawrence, 1963, p. 38; Garside, 1973, p. 28; Bonham, 1976

Goose Creek District

Overview

County: Elko

Discovered: 1872

Organized: 1872

Commodities:

Comments

Most of the Goose Creek district is in Idaho, but it extends in the Goose Creek drainage into Utah and into the northeastern corner of Elko County. The Goose Creek district of Whitehill (1875) was actually the present Delano district, located to the southwest.

References

Whitehill, 1875, p. 33; Angel, 1881, p. 393; Smith, 1976, p. 79; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 104

Gourd Springs District

Overview

County: Lincoln

Commodities: tungsten, barite, gypsum, manganese

Comments

The Gourd Springs district covers the eastern flank of the East Mormon Mountains, 8 miles north of the Lincoln-Clark county line.

References

Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970, p. 176; Papke, 1987, p. 18-19; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 106; Tingley, 1989c, p. 5

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