The New Hope Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,159 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: 3,159 Feet (963 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.45278, -113.29694
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New Hope Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope Prospect
Secondary: Good Luck
Secondary: Russell Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zannarapolis District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gladys And Jacklyn Russel
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralized Fault N 20 W, 83 Sw; Cross Fractures N 70 W, 73 Ne, N 40 W, 75 Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ PEGMATITE IN GNEISS OR SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, FOUR OPEN CUTS, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 61.
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