New Hope Claims

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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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 Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.