New Hope

US / WA

•48.80344, -120.33647View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

New Hope is a known mineral occurrence in Okanogan, Washington, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain (Andesite), within the Cascade Volcanic Arc setting. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla; logged ore minerals are Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite; gangue is recorded as Barite, Calcite, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1946; workings are underground.

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Found Here

AzuriteBariteBorniteCalciteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperCovelliteGoldMalachiteMolybdenitePyriteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain — Andesite
Orebody form: SHEAR ZONES
Tectonic setting: Cascade Volcanic Arc
Deposit model: 85: Polymetallic veins

Ore minerals

BorniteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachiteMolybdenitePyrite

Gangue minerals

BariteCalciteQuartz

Structure

Eightmile Creek Fault, Shears

Ore control

Shears

Mining history

Status: Occurrence
Workings: Underground
Discovered: 1946

Records and references

Cited references

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. HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 69. STAATZ AND OTHERS

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10048543 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 48.80344, -120.33647

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