The Good Hope Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Chief
Secondary: Wall Street
Secondary: Ophir-Zuck
Secondary: First Landing
Secondary: Rocky Point
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Red Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: - 1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.7 - 1% Wo3
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LARGEST ORE BODY AVG. 1.75% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT TRENDS N 30 W, EXTEND SE FOR 2 MILES, AVERAGES 1 MILE IN WIDTH. NARROW EMBAYMENTS 100 - 300 FT. OF MESOZOIC BIOTITE QTZ. DIORITE EXTEND INTO NORTH END OF PENDANT AS FAR AS 1,000 FT. FROM MAIN IGNEOUS MASS. NW TRENDING TABULAR MASSES OF QTZ. DIORITE ALSO ARE WHOLLY ENCLOSED IN THE ROOF PENDANT. SIMILAR TO THE BIOTITE QTZ. DIORITE IN COMPOSITION, SIZE, ETC., THEY ARE DISCONNECTED ON THE SURFACE FROM MAIN IGNEOUS MASS.
Comment (Deposit): MORE INFORMATION ON THE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS IN COUNTY REPT. 1.
Comment (Location): CENTER S 1/2 UTM ACC.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION LIES ALONG AND NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACTS. ONE ORE SHOOT LIES IN A QUARTZ BODY.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. DRIFT ADIT ON GOOD HOPE MINE, TWO 50 FT. VERTICAL SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS ON FIRST LANDING DEPOSIT. ROCKY POINT MINE, ONE ADIT 50 FT. LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 309 - 310, 316
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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