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New Hope Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019459
MRDS ID DC10524
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names New Hope Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28703, 46.36322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 KM N OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 014W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SPUR OF RED HILL, 200 FT ABOVE STEWART GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 FT LAYER 100 FT WEST OF NEW HOPE SHAFT 69.68% BPI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation;Quadrant Formation
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation;Quadrant Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28703, 46.36322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE IS DRIVEN 100 FT SW AT AN ANGLE OF 30 DEG ON A SMALL SHOOT OF RICH SILICEOUS SILVER ORE WHICH FOLLOWS A SLICKENSIDED PLANE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY WITH THE BEDDING OF SHALY LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 219.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 847, P. 184, 188, PL. 29.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-01-1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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