Blue Hill Prospect

The Blue Hill Prospect is a rhodium, silver, and gold mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 9,140 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Hill Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Wasatch

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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