Mine detail: Hopemore Mine

Previously called 'Comstock-Hopemore-Hunter (Robert Burns) group'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.23555, -106.24311

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Serpentine

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1997

Geology

References

MAS	80650088
DEP	10288486
Reference	{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, APRIL 5, 1997, P. 22; JULY 26, 1997, P. 10.}{Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P. 175}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB 26, 1997, P. 3.}{Deposit:: Emmons, S. F., Irving, J. D., and Loughlin, G. F., 1927, Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 148.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO #400187}
Reporter	Melton, Greg, Buckingham, David A., Beach, Richard A.