Mine detail: Gold Hill Mine

Previously called 'Western Utah Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.16104, -113.8064

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Arsenic
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Tungsten
Ore:	Adamite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	PAD/LENS
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host rock:	Ochre Mtn. Limestone;Manning Canyon Formation (Dk. Quartzite, Blk Shale)
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry Dike
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Qtz-Monzonite Stock Surrounding The Sed. Rocks. Ochre Mtn. Trust About 3 Mi To The West, Ls. Beds Strike Nw, Dipping Vertical To 45 Deg. E. A Beh Of Jasperoid Along The Shale-Ls. Contact
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Metallics, Ls Has Been Altered.

References

MRDS	DC15161
DEP	10021179
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: HEYL, A.U., 1963, USGS BULL. 1135-B}{Deposit:: GILBERT., G.K., 1875, US GEOG. & GEOL SURVEYS, W. 100TH MER. REPT., V3}{Deposit:: HAGUE ARNOLD & EMMONS, 1877, US GEOL. EXPL. 40TH PAR REPT., V2}{Deposit:: BLAKE, W.P., 1892, AGE OF THE LS STRATA OF DEEP CREEK UT. AM. GEOL., VOL. 91 & ENG. & MIN. JOURNAL, V. 53.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.U., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1855 RECON US PAC. RR. EXPL. REPT: 33 RD CONG.}{Deposit:: 1890 GEOLMAP GIBERT, G.K. 1 USGS MON. 1}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER B.S. AND OTHERS USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., USGS PP 177}{Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE EL SHATOURY, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MIN. DIST., TOOELE CO., UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 83}{Deposit:: 1ST SESS., H. EX. DOC. 1 V18, PT. 2}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935. THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P. 152}{Reserve-Resource:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935; THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III