The Good Hope Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,389 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,389 Feet (2,557 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.86167, -114.22472
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Good Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 0.09 70W, 0.4 OZ/T AG, 0.01% CU, 6.25% PB (SEE ATTACHED SAMPLE DATA - USBM)
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): REPORTED IN 1983 AS HAVING BEEN RECENTLY ACTIVE WITH EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING. PROBABLY SMALL TO MODERATE RESOURCES
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE STRINGERS UP TO 0.5 IN. WIDE IN QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS; A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED GALENA AND IRON OXIDE IN QUARTZ VEIN. SMALL AMOUNT OF MALACHITE AND AZURITE STAINING ON THE QUARTZ. CONTINUITY CONCEALED BY OVERBURDEN
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING; ADIT, CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, PITS DECLINE AT LEAST 35 FT; 3 SHORT ADITS; 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): SOME GOSSAN STRUCTURE PRESENT ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE; PROJECTED FROM THE EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83
Reference (Production): USBM, 1983
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.
