The New Hope Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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New Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bustemonte, A. G.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER OF NW 1/4 SECTION 21 ASSUMED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT DESCRIBED IN ABGMT 189
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P 142.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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