Mine detail: New Hope

Previously called 'Peacock'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.80344, -120.33647

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: SHEAR ZONES
Discovery year: 1946

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Eightmile Creek Fault, Shears
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSMP00137
DEP10048543
Reference{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.