The Rover Hill Mine #3 is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,360 Feet (2,548 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.34083, -112.23750
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Rover Hill Mine #3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rover Hill Mine #3
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Realgar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED IN ALTERED HOST ROCKS, AND IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Workings): THREE INCLINES (35 DEG.), CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; THREE SURFACE WORKINGS (DOZER CUTS) OF 130X50 FT, 400X50 FT, AND 150X120FT.; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS SOFT, PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOR. GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE BRECCIATED, DOLOMITIZED, SILICIFIED, AND IMPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED, CALCAREOUS, SERICITIC, CARBONAREOUS AND SILICIOUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J.,1932,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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