The Good Hope Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.45611, -114.92278
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Secondary: Phoenix
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Verticle Fault With Drop Of About 100 Feet
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornfels
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Hornfels
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME ORE PRODUCED INCLUDED WITH DUPLEX PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): VEIN FADES OUT WITH DEPTH, 2 PARALLEL VEINS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROSPECTED, 56 DEG. SW AND 48 SW DIPS
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ADJOINS QUARTETTE MINE ON THE NORTH
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 164 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 201 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
