New Hope Prospect

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

Name: New Hope Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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