Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFissure
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockDiorite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationArgillitization, Sericitization, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10021199
MRDS IDDC15186
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.13243, -113.83223
References
NOLAN 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PP. 177EL SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 831935 GEOLMAP NOLAN PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 21970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 83MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEYMESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY