The Good Hope Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,761 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: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.45306, -118.46806
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. H. Holloway
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pamlico Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SITE LOCATED AMIDST PAMLICO WORKINGS
Comment (Production): EARLY PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN. LINCOLN ( 1923 ) ( F 1 ) ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $150,000 PRIMARILY IN GOLD
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN OFFSET ON EACH END BY NORTHERLY TRENDING FAULTS
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD OCCURS AS NUGGETS AND WIRES
Comment (Workings): VEIN ACCESSIBLE THROUGH AN ADIT 500 FT. LONG THAT TRENDS NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY FROM NORTH SIDE OF NEVERSWEAT CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV., RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 137 - 157
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD, PAUL ( F 2 )
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.
