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New Hope Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026822
MRDS ID M000422
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Dona Maria Elena
Related records 10259529

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78485, 31.47903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position THREE CANYON, 12 MILES NE OF NOGALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 015E 35 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidotized; Silicified; Oxidized Near The Surface

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78485, 31.47903
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheared

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keck Copper Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Period 1957-1969
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 1.7% Cu, 1.6 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And Minor Zn, Pb, Au.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 45g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINED MAINLY FOR LEACHING ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATION

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED ORIGINALLY IN LATE 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 74

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ ON FRACTURES AND JOINTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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