Good Hope Mine

The Good Hope Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Good Hope Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.