Mine detail: Red Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.80216, -113.92445

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Iron, Zinc
Gangue:	Goethite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation;Trout Creek Formation (Host) Unit G
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D007556
DEP	10094448
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH. D. DISSERTATION.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77}{Deposit:: REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.}{Production:: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MIN. DEPOSITS OF DEEP CREEK MTNS.: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 99.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.