The Last Hope Prospect is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.75194, -117.76167
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Last Hope Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Hope Prospect
Secondary: Elvira of Noral
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Bernice 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Argillization Of Shale And Sandstone
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.20 OZ AG/TON, NO GOLD, AND 11.5% SB. ONE 20" X 48" POD CONTAINS ABOUT 35% SB
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 3.3 MILES FROM MOUTH OF CANYON. JUST EAST OF AND BELOW MARGUERITE NO. 2 PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN, 2-3 INCHES WIDE IN ADIT WIDENS TO 20 INCHES AT BOTTOM OF WINZE, CONTAINS SMALL PODS, VEINLETS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND VERTICAL WINZE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL 83
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.
