Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS
Ore controlQuartz Monzonite (Gold Hill) Stock-Ls. Contact, Cross Fractures (Ne-Striking, Nw-Dipping), Qtz. Monzonite Dike-Ls. Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Tenorite
GangueAndradite, Grossularite, Jarosite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ochre Mountain Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Northeast-Striking, Silication, Silicitation Cross Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationMarbleization, Silication, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1892
Identification
Deposit ID10102140
MRDS IDDC15175
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16715, -113.81417
References
SRC.REF: FLINT (1960) CITED IN EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970, P. 31, AND FI. 10, FACING P. 307.KEMP, J.F., AND PAUL BILLINGSLEY, 1918, NOTES ON GOLD HILL AND VICINITY, TOOELE COUNTY, WESTERN UTAH: ECON. GEOL., VOL .13, P. 258-259.MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 128-131.EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83, P. 29-30.1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 21935 MINEMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, FIGS. 16-181970 COMPILE UGMS, 1970, BULL.83, P.29-301976 RECON UGMS, 1976, OPEN FILE REPT.1981 RECON UGMS, 1981, OPEN FILE REPT.NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 128; EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, P. 30