The Hope Mine is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 33.8375, -110.94972
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Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Continental Uranium Inc.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1975
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20% U3o8
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1954-1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.24% U
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone Filled With Mobilized Hornfels
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Chlorite, Deuteric
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Production): MOST PRODUCTIVE DEPOSIT FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS & ONE HAULAGE ADIT, PROSPECT PITS. 2 USBM DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, STOPING OF VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002877 WITH RECORD M030441 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): SCHWARTZ, 1978; ABM FILE PAGES
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 145, P. 44-54.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): SCHWARTZ, 1978, USAEC RME-2071, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.
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