The Good Hope Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.60889, -117.91667
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Good Hope (White Wolf) 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: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GALENA-BEARING QUARTZ ALONG SLATE-QUARTZITE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): CUTS, TUNNELS
Comment (Location): IN SW PART OF SILVER PEAK MOUNTAINS, 7 MI. S OF PIPER PEAK. LOCATION IS FROM MILS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $1795 FROM 69 TONS ORE FOR DISTRICT. MINE WAS ABANDONED IN 1906 SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS TREATED IN A SMALL FURNACE ON FURNACE CREEK, CALIFORNIA
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GQ-1186,1974
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923.
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, IN SPURR, 1906, USGS P. P. 55., P. 85.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS & STEWART, NBMG BULL. 78, P. 69, PL. 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.
