Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formDISSEMINATED, THIN SEAMS
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueDiopside, Wollastonite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Oquirrh Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range
AlterationLimestone Is Recrystallized Into Marble Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10021193
MRDS IDDC15179
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.15132, -113.82778
References
SRC.REF: EL SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, P. 32NOLAN, T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS P.P. 177 P.135-136.USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1938UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 83, 1970 P. 321935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 135-1361970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH-UTAH GEOL SURV BULL 83NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS P.P. 177, P. 135-136MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981., ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY