Mine detail: Hope Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.83757, -110.95042

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Clay, Gypsum, Limonite, Nontronite
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Dripping Spring Quartzite;
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Sierra Ancha Diabase Sheet;
Associated type:	Syenite,Diabase
Structure:	Breccia Zone Filled With Mobilized Hornfels
Alteration processes:	Clay, Chlorite, Deuteric

References

MRDS	M002877
DEP	10027327
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.}{Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, 1978, USAEC RME-2071, P. 28.}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 145, P. 44-54.}{Production:: SCHWARTZ, 1978; ABM FILE PAGES}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.