The Goldstrike Ut is a gold mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.3792, -113.89640
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Goldstrike Ut MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldstrike Ut
Secondary: Moosehead
Secondary: Hamburg
Secondary: Hassayampa
Secondary: Padre Hill
Secondary: Main Zone
Secondary: Goldtown No. 1
Secondary: Goldtown No. 2
Secondary: Basin
Secondary: Covington
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Goldstrike District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: USMX, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 141 Union Blvd, Suite 100, Lakewood, Co 80228
Info Year: 1995
Production
Year: 1991
Description: 1,109.3 Kgs Au & 2,927.2 Kgs Ag Produced 1235500 Mts Ore Treated
Year: 1990
Description: 1,352.8 Kgs Au & 1,120.4 Kgs Ag Produced 1199100 Mts Ore Treated
Year: 1989
Description: 710.4 Kgs Au & 671.0 Kgs Ag Produced 968910 Mts Ore Treated
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1989
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): AS OF 12-31-94, THE MINE HAS 9000 OZ OF RECOVERABLE RESERVES. THE ORE IS PRESENTLY (1992) FROM 5 PITS. THE CONTRACTOR, BROWN & ROOT OF HOUSTON,TX, MINES APPROXIMATELY 642,000 MT/YR WITH A 1.00:1.75 STRIP RATIO, ORE TO WASTE.
Comment (Names): THE "OTHER NAMES" PERTAIN TO THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL PITS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 12-31-94, THE MINE HAS 9000 OZ OF RECOVERABLE RESERVES.
Comment (Deposit): 1994 ADIT UPDATE: MINE CLOSED IN OCTOBER 1994. REMAINING GOLD CONTAINED IN DUMPS WILL BE PROCESSED BY EARLY 1995 AND MILL WILL BE CLOSED IN 1995. RECLAIMATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1996 WHEN FINAL DECOMMISS- IONING OF LEACH PAD #2 IS SCHEDUALED TO START. GOLD WILL STILL BE RECOVERED THROUGH 1995. THE RESERVES GIVEN IN ADIT ARE GIVEN IN THE MINING RECORD, 3/24/93, P. 1. THE ARTICLE ALSO GAVE A NEW PRODUCTION FIGURE 16,330 MT/D TOTAL ROCK WITH A STRIP RATIO REPORTED OF 2:1 WASTE TO ORE. THE COVINGTON AND MOOSEHEAD PITS ARE BEING MINED. THE GOLDSTRIKE DEPOSIT IS A LOW-GRADE, DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT FOUND ALONG THE BASAL SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERTIC SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE EOCENE AGE CLARON FORMATION. PALEOZOIC LIME- STONES, DOLOMITES, SHALES AND QUARTZITES ARE OVERLAIN BY A THE FRESH-WATER SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE OF THE CLARON FORMATION. THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED BY FOLDING, THRUST FAULTING, AND HIGH-ANGLE FAULTING. THESE HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS APPEAR TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS. WHEN THE HYDROTHEMAL SOLUTIONS, MIGRATING UP THE FAULTS REACHED THE CONTACT OF THE PALEOZOICS AND THE BASAL CLARON CONGLOMERATE, THE SOLUTIONS MOVE LATERALLY ALONG THE CONTACT AND DEPOSITED THE GOLD AND SILVER ALONG WITH THE SILICA GANGUE. ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, AND MERCURY OCCUR WITH THE GOLD.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PROPERTY. MARCH 24, 1993, P. 1.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING RECORD. EXPLORATION DRILLING CONTINUES ON GOLDSTRIKE
Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MTN PAY DIRT, 3-93, P.23A.
Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 1-23-93, P.3.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 2-24-93, P.5
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3-93, P.18.
Reference (Workings): PAY DIRT MAG. (ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDITION). MAY 1989, P. 4A.
Reference (Workings): WALENGA, K. SOUTHWESTERN UTAH GOLD MINE IS NOW ON LINE.
Reference (Workings): INTO GOLD BUSINESS. JUNE 1989, P. 385.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USMX 1994 ANNUAL REPORT.
Reference (Workings): MINING ENG. MAG. GOLDSTRIKE OPENING MARKS TENNECO REENTY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USMX, INC. SEC FORM 10-K REPORT, DEC 31, 1992. P. 12.
Reference (Geology): PP. 137-147.
Reference (Geology): UTAH. UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASS. PUBLICATION. NO. 15, 1986,
Reference (Geology): WILDEN, R. & D. H. ADAIR. GOLD DEPOSITS AT GOLDSTRIKE,
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