The New Hope Mine Group is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.47889, -110.78417
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New Hope Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope Mine Group
Secondary: Dona Maria Elena
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Keck Copper Co.
Production
Year: 1969
Time Period: 1957-1969
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 1.7% Cu, 1.6 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And Minor Zn, Pb, Au.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1969
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidotized; Silicified; Oxidized Near The Surface
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): PROSPECTED ORIGINALLY IN LATE 1800'S.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ ON FRACTURES AND JOINTS.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATION
Comment (Production): MINED MAINLY FOR LEACHING ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 74
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975
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