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New Hope

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048543
MRDS ID MP00137
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope
Alternate or previous names Peacock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.33647, 48.80344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF EIGHTMILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billy Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 020E 10 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE TENOR OF SULFIDE ZONES AT SURFACE IS 2.9% CU, 6.9 OZ/TON AG. STAATZ AND OTHERS CONTIAN SEVERAL ANALYSES

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain
    Rock description Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.33647, 48.80344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eightmile Creek Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONES
    Strike E
    Dip 40-60N
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS CONSIST OF ANDESITIC MUDFLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, AND TUFFS WITH SOME RHYOLITIC AND DACITIC TUFFS; ROCKS MAY BE AS OLD AS JURASSIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Charles Kenny

Mining district

District name Billy Goat Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Glen Parker, T. W. Martin, And C. A. Hotchkiss
    First year 1960

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1971
    Silver Ag 194.826 g/mt Silver Major 1971

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT 400,000 TONS (STAATZ AND OTHERS)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, PORTAL IS CLOSED BY TALUS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STAATZ AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULIFDE MINERALS ARE FOUND IN SEVERAL PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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