Nevada · Eureka County

Mount Hope Molybdenum Deposit

Unconfirmed Molybdenum Mixed Underground / Surface

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Key facts

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Molybdenum
Verification: Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

5 shaft symbols
3 adit symbols

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Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground

MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

Idaho General Mines, Inc. · Historical operator · 2005
Mount Hope Mines, Inc. · Source-reported owner · 2005

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

Calcite
Diopside
Garnet
Hematite
Magnetite
Pyrite
Quartz
Tremolite

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Calcite
Diopside
Garnet
Hematite
Magnetite
Pyrite
Quartz
Tremolite
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Galena
Marmatite
Molybdenite
Pyrrhotite
Sphalerite

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6