The Hope Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,740 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,740 Feet (2,664 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.11778, -106.83778
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Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hope Mine
Secondary: Claims: Hope Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Hope M. S.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Herron, William And Associates
Home Office: Aspen, Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Year: 1936
Description: Ap_Grade: ^25 Oz/Ton Ag, 4 % Pb, 0.3 % Zn, 4 % Fe
Year: 1935
Description: Ap_Grade: ^53.8 Oz/Ton Ag, 4.9 % Pb
Year: 1928
Description: Ap_Grade: ^51.3 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.5 % Pb, 0.6 % Zn, 8 % Fe, 7 % S
Year: 1923
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^95 Oz/Ton Ag, 8 % Pb
Year: 1921
Description: Ap_Grade: ^71.08 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.17 % Fe, 2.79 % S
Year: 1935
Description: Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.5 % Pb
Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9 Oz/Ton Ag, 1 % Pb, 1.8 % Zn, 2 % Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Castle Creek Fault Zone, Annie Fault, Hope Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADES SHOW 9 TO 95 OZ/TON AG, 1 TO 8 % PB, 0.6 TO 1.8 % ZN
Analytical Data: AVG. 101 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL DRIVEN N 78 E FOR 2000 FT. AT POINT 1800 FT FROM PORTAL, BRANCH HEADS GENERALLY NE FOR 3500 FT. AT THIS POINT, FIRST EAST CROSSCUT DRIVEN 1500 FT AT N 84 TO 88 E, WHILE MAIN TUNNEL CONTINUES DUE NORTH FOR 2300 FT, THENCE EAST AND NE AS SECOND EAST CROSSCUT FOR APPROX 1400 FT; ONE OR TWO UPRAISES OF UNKNOWN EXTENT
Comment (Location): IN RICHMOND HILL AREA ALONG CASTLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1916-20, 1929, 1931, 1934. NO RECORDS FOR 1922, 1924-25, 1927, 1930, 1932-33
Comment (Deposit): ALONG EAST BOUNDARY OF CASTLE CREEK FAULT ZONE, LITTLE ANNIE QUARTZ PORPHYRY SILL INTRUDES BELDEN FM DIPPING 80 WEST. HANGING WALL IS NORMAL IGNEOUS CONTACT, UNSHATTERED AND BARREN. APLITE DIKE CUTS QUARTZ PORPHYRY SILL DIAGONALLY (TRENDING MORE WEST OF NORTH) AND PENETRATES BELDEN FM. WEDGE END OF APLITE IS SHATTERED AND MINERALIZED. APLITE IS SPARSELY INTERLACED WITH GALENA-BEARING BARITE VEINLETS. FOOTWALL CONTAINS GALENA IN BARITE WITH SOME CALCITE, POLYBASITE, WIRE AG, AND A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1926, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 785, P. 1-28 &&
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863 &&
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20310A, 20310B
Reference (Production): COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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