| Deposit ID | 10021180 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Western Utah Extension Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Helmet Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80945, 40.15687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1753 |
| Relative position | 1800 FT S60E OF THE SUMMIT OF GOLD HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 017W | 06 | SW OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Olivenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Result | .026 OZ/TON AU, 5.4 OZ/TON AG, 4.08% CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -113.80945, 40.15687 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault (N20w, W) With About 40 Ft Of Throw |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N2W |
| Dip | 65W |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 30M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 426.72M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15162 |
SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 117, P. 146
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 146-147
USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 146
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH, USGS PP 177, P.146-147
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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