The Mount Hope Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.7875, -116.15806
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Mount Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Mount Hope District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mt. Hope Rhyolite Dome
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Development, Tactite-Hornfels
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY THE U.S.B.M. IN 1946. RECENT EXPLORATION FOR MOLYBDENUM BY EXXON CO., USA, HAS OUTLINED A SIZEABLE OREBODY OF MINEABLE GRADE IN THIS AREA.
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR NEAR CONTACT OF ALASKITE STOCK WITH CARBONATES. ORE OCCURS SPECIFICALLY AS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANTS.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE CONSISTS OF FOUR SEPARATE WORKINGS: LORRAINE AREA, THE WHIM SHAFT, MOUNT HOPE #2 SHAFT, MOUNT HOPE #2 ADIT. EXPLORED BY THE U.S.B. OF M. IN 1946. TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUED AT $1,335,393 AS OF 1964. RECENT EXPLORATION FOR MOLYBDENUM BY EXXON CO, USA HAS OUTLINED A SIZEABLE OREBODY OF MINEABLE GRADE IN THIS AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 4 SEPARATE WORKINGS: LORRAINE AREA; WHIM SHAFT; MT. HOPE #1 SHAFT; MOUNT HOPE #2 ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE MINE WORKINGS EXPLORE THE CONTACT BETWEEN AN ALASKITE STOCK WITH THE CARBONATES OF THE GARDEN VALLEY FORMATION. ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANTS. LARGE AREAS OF SKARN HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE SHALES & CARBONATES.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUED AT $1,335,393 AS OF 1964, WITH VALUES PRIMARILY IN LEAD AND ZINE WITH LESSER COPPER, GOLD, AND SILVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL(1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64
Reference (Deposit): MATSON, E. J. (1946) EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKA CO. NEV., U.S. BUREAU OF MINE R. I. 3928
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 132, REF. NO. 3201100037, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 79.004
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM INF. CIR. 7022
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL, (1967)
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.
