The Hite is a gold mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.81389, -110.45500
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Hite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hite
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Colorado River Placers
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT=$4.50/TON (0.15 OZ/TON, 1.7 PPM), AU=$131.46/TON (6.36 OZ/TON, 220 PPM) AT UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA IS PARTLY WITHIN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CREEK ADJACENT TO ADELMAN MINE LABELED ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIEDED REPORT OF PGE
Comment (Development): ONE OF MORE PRODUCTIVE DISTRICTS IN ADA COUNTY IN 1911
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT ALSO CONTAINS GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS GRANITIC ROCKS OF IDAHO BATHOLITH. GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS ARE LIKELY SOURCE OF PLACER DEPOSITS
Comment (Location): AREA PARTLY UNSURVEYED. IN GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. ON BARS AT DANDY CROSSING, NEAR MOUTH OF TRACHYTE CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF TRACHYTE CREEK. BARS NOW SUBMERGED BENEATH LAKE POWELL
Comment (Commodity): FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MAKES RECOVERY VERY DIFFICULT
Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OCCUR ON BENCHES AT 55, 75, 110, AND 250 FT ABOVE RIVER LEVEL
Comment (Workings): SMALL WORKINGS ON 75 FT LEVEL BENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C.B., AVERITT, PAUL, AND MILLER, R.L., 1953, GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 228, P. 221.
Reference (Deposit): GREGORY, H.E., AND MOORE, R.C., 1931, THE KAIPAROWITS REGION, A GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 164, P. 147.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: P. 1216.
Reference (Deposit): O'NEILL, J.J., AND GUNNING, H.C., 1934, OCCURRENCES OF PLATINUM METALS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES, IN PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 13, P. 139.
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