The Last Hope Prospect is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,181 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.19278, -117.69722
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Last Hope Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Hope Prospect
Secondary: Farrington Lease Was On the Last Hope Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED RHYOLITE IS IRREGULARLY VEINED AND CEMENTED BY VERY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ THAT IS ALMOST CHALCEDONIC IN APPEARANCE. HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL WAS SMALL IN AMOUNT AND EXTENDED ONLY A FEW FEET BELOW SURFACE FARRINGTON LEASE WAS ON A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN 12-14 FT WIDE OF BANDED, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE WITH ABOUT LAMELLAR QUARTZ, IN PART DRUSY, ALONG THE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Workings): DISCOVERY PIT, 100-FT SHAFT
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. IT IS A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE OLD TOWNSITE OF GILBERT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF HIGH-GRADE ORE IN THE DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 140-141.
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.
