The Blue Hill Prospect is a rhodium, silver, and gold mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 9,140 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: 9,140 Feet (2,786 Meters)
Commodity: Rhodium, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53833, -111.00472
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Blue Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Rhodium
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Soapstone Basin Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dale Shreeve
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Landslides And Slumps
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8.2 OZ/TON RH (280 PPM)
Analytical Data: 18.4 OZ/TON AG (630 PPM)
Analytical Data: SHALE SAMPLES AVERAGE 8 OZ/TON AU (270 PPM)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA ON BASE METALS NOT AVAILABLE BUT THEY ARE MENTIONED IN ASSAY REPORT AS MASKING SOME OF THE PGE LINES
Comment (Location): IN UINTA NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION IS ARBITRARY POINT WITHIN MINERALIZED AREA INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): ALL OF FORMATION IS CLAIMED AS ORE. DOELLING SAW NO INDICATION OF ORE DURING SITE VISIT; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: PGE-ENRICHED BLACK SHALE.
Comment (Workings): SAMPLING ONLY, NO WORKINGS OTHER THAN 4 SHALLOW PITS WHERE SAMPLING TOOK PLACE
Comment (Geology): HUMBUG FORMATION UNDERLIES MANNING CANYON SHALE
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1972, BLUE HILL MINING CLAIMS, WASATCH COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 70, 8 P
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