The Silver Hill Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.2175, -113.83833
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Silver Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Hill Mine
Secondary: Spotted Fawn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Nick, Maria And Paul Zakis
Owner Name: Gold Hill Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Spotted Fawn Fault, Bedding Plane Thrust Between Quartzite And Limestone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 18.1 PERCENT PB.
Analytical Data: 0.038, AU
Analytical Data: PROD. ASSAYS, 1901-1917: OZ. PER TON-25.1, AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE BEDDING-PLANE THRUST BETWEEN THE BUSBY QUARTZITE AND THE LIMESTONE LOCALIZED ORE IN THE LIMESTONE. THE ORE IN THE NORTHERN WORKINGS WAS MOSTLY OXIDIZED (NOLAN, 1935, P. 146).
Comment (Development): A COMPRESSOR IS AT THE TOP OF THE DUMP AT THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THE GALENA-QUARTZ VEINS OCCUPY N20E, 50-65 NW DIPPING FISSURES AND N40-50W, 22-90 SW DIPPING FISSURES. THE NORTHEAST-STRIKING FISSURES WERE EXPLORED IN THE NORTHERN WORKINGS; THE NORTHWEST-STRIKING FISSURES WERE EXPLORED IN THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): NORTHERN WORKINGS: A 380 FT. ADIT (INCLUDING DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS) DRIVEN BENEATH TWO SHAFTS. THE SHAFTS DO NOT CONNECT. SOUTHERN WORKINGS: TWO ADITS, UPPER AND LOWER, BOTH OVER 300 FT. (INCLUDING DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS), CONNECTED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT AND A WINZE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SPOTTED FAWN CANYON
Comment (Production): SOME ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1937.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 145
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, 8-25-80
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: UTAH U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 177, P. 145-146
Reference (Deposit): PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1938, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 446
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK-1938.
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