Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine

Previously called 'Mt. HopeMt. Hope MineLorraine Workings'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.78962, -116.17371

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Other material: Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1886

Geology

References

MRDSW016396
MAS320110037
DEP10149136
Reference{Deposit:: DILLARD, G. EXXON STILL HAS HOPES FOR MOUNT HOPE. PAY-}{Deposit:: DIR, MAY 1983.}{Deposit:: ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS. EXXON PROPOSING LARGE MOLY MINE}{Deposit:: NEAR EUREKA. MAR 14, 1983.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MOLY MARKET WILL DETER-}{Deposit:: MINE STARTUP OF MOUNT HOPE. APR. 1983, P. 31.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EXXO* MT. HOPE MOLY}{Deposit:: PROJECT IN PLANING STAGE; NO DECISION YET. FEB. 1985, P. 21.}{Deposit:: MATSON, E.J. EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKA}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3928, 1946, 7 PP. AND PLATES.}{Deposit:: MISSALLATI, A.A. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MT. HOPE}{Deposit:: MINING DISTRICT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. THESIS,}{Deposit:: STANFORD UNIV. CA., 1973, 160 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL}{Deposit:: IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE MT. HOPE MOLYBDENUM PROJECT,}{Deposit:: 10 V., 1984.}
ReporterSweeney, Thomas M.