The Good Hope Mine is a gold mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): IN THE AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION. LAT-LONG FROM CENTER OF SECTION 15.
Comment (Geology): DIKES COULD BE ANOTHER PHASE OF MAIN GRANITE BODY, A MAFIC DIKE OF VARIABLE THICKNESS N20E IS THE NORTHRN LIMIT OF THE ORE.
Comment (Production): $2,000,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOWING A FRACTURE IN THE FOOTWALL, IN PLACES FRACTURE IS POORLY DEFINED, IN OTHERS QUARTZ IS FRACTURED INDICATING A RECENT MOVEMENT, VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH FELSIC DIKES.
Comment (Workings): 350 FT SHAFT, DRIFTS ON 95 FT, 166 FT LEVELS DRIVEN INTO VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 132-3
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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