Gold Hill Mine

The Gold Hill Mine is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Western Utah Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)

Owner Name: Frank G. Rouley

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1869
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PAD/LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Qtz-Monzonite Stock Surrounding The Sed. Rocks. Ochre Mtn. Trust About 3 Mi To The West

Type: L
Description: Ls. Beds Strike Nw, Dipping Vertical To 45 Deg. E. A Beh Of Jasperoid Along The Shale-Ls. Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Metallics, Ls Has Been Altered.

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TRACE AG. 30 PERCENT PB, 10 PERCENT CU, 9.4 PERCENT ZN, 4.6 PERCENT SI, 38.8 PERCENT FE 14.8 PERCENT CO3, 4.83 PERCENT AS
Analytical Data: 2.98 PERCENT CU. 4.33 OZ/TON AG, 5.62 PERCENT PB, 7.98 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Adamite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ALTERED LIMESTONE CONTAINS WHITE BLADED WALLASTINITE, GREEN-BROWN GARNET, ZOISITE, DIOPSITE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGEST ARSENIC RESERVES IN THE U.S. (1924). DECREASE IN THE PRICE OF AS IN 1925 RESULTED IN MINE SHUTDOWN.

Comment (Location): LOCATION ON PRINCIPAL WORKING.

Comment (Production): ARSENIC PROD. 1919-1923

Comment (Workings): (6 LEVELS, 150, 300, 400, 600, 700; AND 760 FT) 2 MAIN SHAFTS WITH SEVERAL OTHER SHAFTS BETWEEN LEVELS, ESTIMATED 8000 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): GRANITE IN SMALL BODIES HEAVILY FAULTED.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CLOSED IN JAN. 1945 ORE BODIES EXHAUSTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

References

Reference (Deposit): 1890 GEOLMAP GIBERT, G.K. 1 USGS MON. 1

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER B.S. AND OTHERS USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., USGS PP 177

Reference (Deposit): 1970 COMPILE EL SHATOURY, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MIN. DIST., TOOELE CO., UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 83

Reference (Deposit): 1ST SESS., H. EX. DOC. 1 V18, PT. 2

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935. THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P. 152

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NOLAN, T.B., 1935; THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: HEYL, A.U., 1963, USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT., G.K., 1875, US GEOG. & GEOL SURVEYS, W. 100TH MER. REPT., V3

Reference (Deposit): HAGUE ARNOLD & EMMONS, 1877, US GEOL. EXPL. 40TH PAR REPT., V2

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, W.P., 1892, AGE OF THE LS STRATA OF DEEP CREEK UT. AM. GEOL., VOL. 91 & ENG. & MIN. JOURNAL, V. 53.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.U., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1855 RECON US PAC. RR. EXPL. REPT: 33 RD CONG.

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