The Hope is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 2,175 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,175 Feet (663 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.98528, -120.37222
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Hope MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hope
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT/LONG ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO SUSPECT MINES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT THROUGH SCHIST TO VEIN, 330 FT; EXTENSION OF CROSSCUT 130 FT THROUGH HANGING WALL; DRIFTS 300 FT. SECOND CROSSCUT 850 FT WITH DRIFTS 850 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHIST ON FOOTWALL, PORPHYRY HANGING WALL; QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGING 2 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Deposit): SCHIST ON FOOTWALL, PORPHYRY HANGING WALL; QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGING 2 FT. IN THICKNESS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 482
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CDM REPT. 14 , P. 152
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