Mine detail: U.S. Mine

Previously called 'Gold Hill MineLast Dollar Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15687, -113.82945

Resource(M)

Primary:	Arsenic
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold, Antimony
Ore:	Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Garnet, Opal
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1923

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1923

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock;Quartz Parphyry Dike
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, The Ore Deposit Is In A Roof Pendant
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Some Jasperization; Garnet-Rich Skarn Limits Ore

References

MRDS	DC15177
DEP	10021191
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 4.1}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 156-162.}{Deposit:: US. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1}{Deposit:: WILSON, S.R., 1959, MINING HISTORY AND MINERALOGY OF ORES OF THE CLIFTON DISTRICT, GOLD HILL, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: MIN. SOC. UTAH BULL. V. 9, NO. 1, P. 5.}{Deposit:: 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: 1944 GEOCHEM USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1}{Deposit:: 1944 MINEMAP USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1}{Production:: NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; WILSON, 1958, P. 5; USBM, 1945, P. 3}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III