Mine detail: Hope Mine

Previously called 'Claims: Hope Nos. 1-4Hope M. S.'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.11777, -106.8384

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Castle Creek Fault Zone, Annie Fault, Hope Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009434
DEP	10013245
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1926, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 785, P. 1-28 &&}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863 &&}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 20310A, 20310B}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.