New Hope Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Quartz, Mica
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027596
MRDS ID M003471
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Prospect
Alternate or previous names Good Luck, Russell Tungsten
Related records 10259586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29771, 34.45282 (WGS84)
Elevation 963
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES SW OF BAGDAD; NEAR HIGHWAY 93., Location Based On Description In Dale (See Ref)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrastra Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 010W 22 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29771, 34.45282

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fault N 20 W, 83 Sw; Cross Fractures N 70 W, 73 Ne, N 40 W, 75 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 67 SE
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Eastern Contact Between Gneiss And Granite; And Intersections Of Fault With Cross Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer J.L. Russel

Mining district

District name Zannarapolis District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys And Jacklyn Russel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, FOUR OPEN CUTS, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ PEGMATITE IN GNEISS OR SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-79 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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