New Hope Claims

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048547
MRDS ID MP00142
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65953, 48.77899 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 MI FROM HARTS PASS; ABOUT 0.4 MI SOUTH OF SILVER LAKE, Estimated From Map In Staatz And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area, Estimated From Map In Staatz And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area, Estimated From Map In Staatz And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasayten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018E 19 W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPECTRSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 0.03-0.3% NI

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ANALYSES: 1.1% CU, 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.6% CU, 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.48 OZ/TON AU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.14% CU, 0.08 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.27% CU, <0.02 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.16% CU, <0.02 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.13% CU, TR AU, TR AG

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Pasayten Stock
    Rock description Pasayten Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Winthrop Sandstone/Virginia Ridge Formation, Undivided
    Rock description Winthrop Sandstone/Virginia Ridge Formation, Undivided

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65953, 48.77899

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike ?; N68E; N65W; N80E
    Dip 75N; 70NE; 48NE; 65NW
    Thickness 0.43M
    Length 30.48M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike ?; N68E; N65W; N80E
    Dip 75N; 70NE; 48NE; 65NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 13.11M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike ?; N68E; N65W; N80E
    Dip 75N; 70NE; 48NE; 65NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 6.71M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike ?; N68E; N65W; N80E
    Dip 75N; 70NE; 48NE; 65NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES ARE RELATED TO NEARBY STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer R.C. Matney, R.A. Morgan

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 CUTS

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. 131-134.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.G., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 OR 4 MAIN VEINS. SOME ARE IN SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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