Last Hope Mine

The Last Hope Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Last Hope Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.78639, -118.39889

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Last Hope Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Last Hope Mine
Secondary: Nevada Rand Property


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard - Rand


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: C. Koegel, C. Huber, J. L. Pike


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: LENTICULAR REPL. BODIES/SHOOTS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): AS OF 1913 , 300 TONS OF $30/TON ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY COMPRISES 3 FULL CLAIMS AND TWO FRACTIONS. THE GROUP COVERS ABOUT 3000 FT ALONG GRANODIORITE-ANDESITE CONTACT CLAIM PART OF NEVADA RAND GROUP, REFER TO RECORD NO. M035744 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): AVE. ASSAY FOR BOTH LEVELS OF WORKINGS WAS 3.4 FT OF $12.10 ORE IN 1913 ; VALUE OF AU TO AG ABOUT THE SAME

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION

Comment (Workings): X CUT 150' FROM MAIN SHAFT UNDER STOPE, RAISE TO ORE SHOOT

Comment (Geology): ORE IS A SOFT, CRUSHED ANDESITE, HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE AND MN, WIITH OCCASIONAL STRINGERS AND NODULES OF MN-STAINED QTZ. LENGTH OF ORE SHOOT WAS 75 FT.


References

Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W. H., 1913 , REPORT ON THE LAST HOPE MINE, UNPUBLISHED, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.