Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
TertiaryZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1886
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10149136
MRDS IDW016396
Alternate namesMt. Hope, Mt. Hope Mine, Lorraine Workings
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.78962, -116.17371
References
DILLARD, G. EXXON STILL HAS HOPES FOR MOUNT HOPE. PAY-DIR, MAY 1983.ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS. EXXON PROPOSING LARGE MOLY MINENEAR EUREKA. MAR 14, 1983.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MOLY MARKET WILL DETER-MINE STARTUP OF MOUNT HOPE. APR. 1983, P. 31.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EXXON'S MT. HOPE MOLYPROJECT IN PLANING STAGE; NO DECISION YET. FEB. 1985, P. 21.MATSON, E.J. EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKACOUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3928, 1946, 7 PP. AND PLATES.MISSALLATI, A.A. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MT. HOPEMINING DISTRICT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. THESIS,STANFORD UNIV. CA., 1973, 160 PP.U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTALIMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE MT. HOPE MOLYBDENUM PROJECT,10 V., 1984.