Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNorthwest-Striking Fault Nearly Parallel To The Northwest Strike Of The Limestone Bedding.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Plutonic Rock · Altered Dikes;Quartz Monzonite
StructureBasin And Range, Northwest-Striking Fault
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationBleaching, Recrystallization, Silication
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10021192
MRDS IDDC15178
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16326, -113.83862
References
SRC.REF: ASSAYS BY FLINT (1960) AND MATHEZ (1935) ARE REPORTED IN EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970). AV. VALUES, 1914 PRODUCTION, NOLAN (1935)EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 83, P. 30-32 FIG. 11 (P. 33)FLINT A, 1960, A REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVAULATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT AND YELLOW HAMMER MINE, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, (UNPUBL. REPT)MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEYNOLAN T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177 P. 32-1331935 MINEMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, FIG. 19, P. 1311970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 83EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, UGMS BULL. 83, P. 31