Hite

The Hite is a gold mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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