Good Hope-Nevada Group

The Good Hope-Nevada Group is a uranium and vanadium mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,979 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Good Hope-Nevada Group
Secondary: Claims: Good Hope
Secondary: Nevada

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Durango Area

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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Pinkerton And Butell
Home Office: Durango, Co.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: P. C. P. Corp.
Home Office: Loveland
Years: 1957 -

Production

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.07% U308, 1.66% V205

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Basin

Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome, Perrins Peak Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED 0.07% U308 AND 1.66% V205.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYS OF 0.60% U308 AND 20.4% V205

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Roscoelite

Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ALONG LIGHTNER CREEK 600 FT BELOW SOUTH FORK CONFLUENCE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Comment (Workings): NEWER 15-FT TUNNEL; 400-FT TUNNEL ON GOOD HOPE CLAIM; 5 TUNNELS FROM 10 TO 50 FT LONG ON NEVADA CLAIM.

References

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 205

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 205.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.

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