Mine detail: Hope Mine

Previously called 'Elsie K.'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.16657, -116.17545

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary: Antimony, Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Boulangerite, Bournonite, Galena, Geocronite, Meneghinite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1923

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1927

Geology

Host rock:Striped Peak Formation-Argillite, Quartzite
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Diabase Or Lamprophyre Dike
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:On Broad W Limb Of Syncline With Axis In Montana; Hope Fault Zone Ne Of Mine, Extensive Faults Of Minor Displacement;Vein Lies Along A Thrust Fault;Post-Mineral Faulting;Gouge;Minor Flexing ; Low Angle Reverse Faults Strike Ne, Dip Low Angles Se. Wallace Strikes N 5-10 Deg E, Dips 5-15 Deg Se.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Sericitization

References

MRDSM060177
DEP10088842
Reference{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C.N. 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO RUR. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT NO. 6, P. 86-88}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L. 1947, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-B, P. 94-103}{Deposit:: HARRISON, J.E., AND JOBIN, D.A., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CLARK FORK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO-MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1141-K, P. 34-35}{Deposit:: ZARTMAN,R.E.,AND STACEY,J.S.,1971,LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS,NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY,V.66,P.849-860.}{Deposit:: 5) ANDERSON, A.L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 12, 132 P.}{Deposit:: 6) ANDERSON, A.L., 1946, LEAD-SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 2, P. 105-123.}{Deposit:: 7) LORAIN, S.H., 1946, CLARK FORK LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: USBURMINES REPT INV 3992, 10 P.}{Deposit:: 8) NORTHWEST MINING NEWS, 1939 , HOPE SILVER - LEAD MINES, INC.: NORTHWEST MINING NEWS, V. 5 , NO. 20 , P. 6 - 7}{Deposit:: 5) ANDERSON, A. L., 1930 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12 , 132 P.}{Deposit:: 6) ANDERSON, A. L., 1946 , LEAD-SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41 , NO. 2 , P. 105 - 123 .}{Deposit:: 7) LORAIN, S. H., 1946 , CLARK FORK LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 3992 , 10 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES-DIAMOND DRILLING, REPT INV 3992}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP A.L.ANDERSON,USGS BULL. 944-B}{Deposit:: DIREXPL HOPE MINING CO}{Deposit:: DIREXPL HOPE SILVER-LEAD MINES,INC.}{Deposit:: 1957 GEOLMAP HARRISON AND JOBIN, USGS BULL. 1141-K}{Production:: USGS BULL. 944-B, P. 95 ; A.L.ANDERSON,1930,IDAHO BUR MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Puffett, Willard P.