The New Hope is a silver and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,460 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,460 Feet (1,969 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.80361, -120.33528
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New Hope MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope
Secondary: Peacock
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Billy Goat Mountain Area
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.
Administrative Organization: In Okanogan National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Glen Parker, T. W. Martin, And C. A. Hotchkiss
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1946
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: SHEAR ZONES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Eightmile Creek Fault
Type: L
Description: Shears
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE TENOR OF SULFIDE ZONES AT SURFACE IS 2.9% CU, 6.9 OZ/TON AG. STAATZ AND OTHERS CONTIAN SEVERAL ANALYSES
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SULIFDE MINERALS ARE FOUND IN SEVERAL PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): ADIT, PORTAL IS CLOSED BY TALUS
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS CONSIST OF ANDESITIC MUDFLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, AND TUFFS WITH SOME RHYOLITIC AND DACITIC TUFFS; ROCKS MAY BE AS OLD AS JURASSIC
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INFERRED RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT 400,000 TONS (STAATZ AND OTHERS)
Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF PASAYTEN WILDERNESS BOUNDARY. UNSURVEYED. JUST SOUTH OF BILLY GOAT PASS, 300 FT BELOW CREST OF BILLY GOAT RIDGE ON A LARGE ACITVE TALUS SLOPE. LOCATION GIVEN IS SHOWN ON STAATZ AND OTHERS FIG. 28. HUNTTING INDICATES PROPERTY IS IN NW/4 SEC. 10
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 106-109.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): STAATZ AND OTHERS
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 69.
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