The New Hope Claims is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.36306, -116.38361
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New Hope Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope Claims
Secondary: New Year
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Tybo Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Potts And Larson
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Allison, Ronald
Home Office: Tonopah, Nev.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Cut Off By A Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Very Slightly Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Development): SWARBRICK ADIT LENGTHENED IN 1965 BY ALLISON
Comment (Geology): PENDANT IN GRANODIORITE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT ADIT AND SEVERAL SMALLER ADITS AND PITS. 2 ADITS, STOPES, ORE BIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT: NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 20, P. 59-61
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, SEPT. 18, 1981.
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, 1933, P. 60.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
