Commodities
PrimaryArsenic
SecondaryLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
TertiaryGold, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlQtz. Monzonite-Is Contact, Bedding Plane Faults, N60e (Approx.) 60 Se-Dipping Fault On The South End Of The Orebody Northwest-Striking, Southwest-Dipping Faults On The East Margin.
Materials
Ore mineralsCerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Opal
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Gold Hill Stock;Quartz Parphyry Dike
StructureBasin And Range, The Ore Deposit Is In A Roof Pendant
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSome Jasperization; Garnet-Rich Skarn Limits Ore
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1923
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10021191
MRDS IDDC15177
Alternate namesGold Hill Mine, Last Dollar Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.15687, -113.82945
References
SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 4.1NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 156-162.US. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1WILSON, S.R., 1959, MINING HISTORY AND MINERALOGY OF ORES OF THE CLIFTON DISTRICT, GOLD HILL, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: MIN. SOC. UTAH BULL. V. 9, NO. 1, P. 5.1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 1771944 GEOCHEM USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.11944 MINEMAP USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; WILSON, 1958, P. 5; USBM, 1945, P. 3