Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Arsenic
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Tungsten
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPAD/LENS
Ore controlEasily Replaceable Ls Beds; Fissuring Within A Favorable Ls Bed; Limited By The Dike And Qtz Mon. Wedges.
Materials
Ore mineralsAdamite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ochre Mtn. Limestone;Manning Canyon Formation (Dk. Quartzite, Blk Shale)
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry Dike
StructureQtz-Monzonite Stock Surrounding The Sed. Rocks. Ochre Mtn. Trust About 3 Mi To The West, Ls. Beds Strike Nw, Dipping Vertical To 45 Deg. E. A Beh Of Jasperoid Along The Shale-Ls. Contact
AlterationOxidation Of Metallics, Ls Has Been Altered.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10021179
MRDS IDDC15161
Alternate namesWestern Utah Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16104, -113.8064
References
SRC.REF: HEYL, A.U., 1963, USGS BULL. 1135-BGILBERT., G.K., 1875, US GEOG. & GEOL SURVEYS, W. 100TH MER. REPT., V3HAGUE ARNOLD & EMMONS, 1877, US GEOL. EXPL. 40TH PAR REPT., V2BLAKE, W.P., 1892, AGE OF THE LS STRATA OF DEEP CREEK UT. AM. GEOL., VOL. 91 & ENG. & MIN. JOURNAL, V. 53.HEYL, A.U., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B1855 RECON US PAC. RR. EXPL. REPT: 33 RD CONG.1890 GEOLMAP GIBERT, G.K. 1 USGS MON. 11920 RECON BUTLER B.S. AND OTHERS USGS PP 1111925 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., USGS PP 1771970 COMPILE EL SHATOURY, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MIN. DIST., TOOELE CO., UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 831ST SESS., H. EX. DOC. 1 V18, PT. 2NOLAN, T.B., 1935. THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P. 152NOLAN, T.B., 1935; THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177