Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.78742, -116.15897

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Cadmium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marmatite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Garden Valley Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Mt Hope Rhyolite Dome;Garden Valley Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Mt. Hope Rhyolite Dome
Alteration processes:	Skarn Development, Tactite-Hornfels

References

MRDS	M232308
DEP	10044732
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL(1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64}{Deposit:: MATSON, E. J. (1946) EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKA CO. NEV., U.S. BUREAU OF MINE R. I. 3928}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 132, REF. NO. 3201100037, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 79.004}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM INF. CIR. 7022}{Production:: ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL, (1967)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.