Last Hope Prospect

The Last Hope Prospect is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,181 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Last Hope Prospect
Secondary: Farrington Lease Was On the Last Hope Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
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

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED RHYOLITE IS IRREGULARLY VEINED AND CEMENTED BY VERY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ THAT IS ALMOST CHALCEDONIC IN APPEARANCE. HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL WAS SMALL IN AMOUNT AND EXTENDED ONLY A FEW FEET BELOW SURFACE FARRINGTON LEASE WAS ON A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN 12-14 FT WIDE OF BANDED, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE WITH ABOUT LAMELLAR QUARTZ, IN PART DRUSY, ALONG THE FOOTWALL.

Comment (Workings): DISCOVERY PIT, 100-FT SHAFT

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. IT IS A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE OLD TOWNSITE OF GILBERT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF HIGH-GRADE ORE IN THE DISTRICT

References

Reference (Deposit): PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 140-141.

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.