The Last Hope Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.78639, -118.39889
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Last Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Hope Mine
Secondary: Nevada Rand Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard - Rand
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
Owner Name: C. Koegel, C. Huber, J. L. Pike
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: LENTICULAR REPL. BODIES/SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): AS OF 1913 , 300 TONS OF $30/TON ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY COMPRISES 3 FULL CLAIMS AND TWO FRACTIONS. THE GROUP COVERS ABOUT 3000 FT ALONG GRANODIORITE-ANDESITE CONTACT CLAIM PART OF NEVADA RAND GROUP, REFER TO RECORD NO. M035744 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): AVE. ASSAY FOR BOTH LEVELS OF WORKINGS WAS 3.4 FT OF $12.10 ORE IN 1913 ; VALUE OF AU TO AG ABOUT THE SAME
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): X CUT 150' FROM MAIN SHAFT UNDER STOPE, RAISE TO ORE SHOOT
Comment (Geology): ORE IS A SOFT, CRUSHED ANDESITE, HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE AND MN, WIITH OCCASIONAL STRINGERS AND NODULES OF MN-STAINED QTZ. LENGTH OF ORE SHOOT WAS 75 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W. H., 1913 , REPORT ON THE LAST HOPE MINE, UNPUBLISHED, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
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.
