Mine detail: Silver Hill Mine

Previously called 'Spotted Fawn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.21743, -113.83918

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Anglesite, Galena
Gangue:	Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Spotted Fawn Fault, Bedding Plane Thrust Between Quartzite And Limestone.
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Local Dolomitization

References

MRDS	DC12277
DEP	10088441
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 145}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, 8-25-80}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: UTAH U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 177, P. 145-146}{Deposit:: PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1938, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 446}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK-1938.}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III