Silver Hill Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088441
MRDS ID DC12277
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Spotted Fawn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83918, 40.21743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 3600 FT. S35E OF DUTCH MTN. PEAK (7794 FT.)

Site location context

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 14 NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SPOTTED FAWN CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Dolomitization

Analytical data

Result PROD. ASSAYS, 1901-1917: OZ. PER TON-25.1, AG
Result 0.038, AU
Result 18.1 PERCENT PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83918, 40.21743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Spotted Fawn Fault, Bedding Plane Thrust Between Quartzite And Limestone.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Thickness 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N20e And N40-50w Fissures, Bedding Plane Fault Between The Quartzite And The Limestone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BEDDING-PLANE THRUST BETWEEN THE BUSBY QUARTZITE AND THE LIMESTONE LOCALIZED ORE IN THE LIMESTONE. THE ORE IN THE NORTHERN WORKINGS WAS MOSTLY OXIDIZED (NOLAN, 1935, P. 146).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Hill Mines Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nick, Maria And Paul Zakis

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1937.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 308.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTHERN WORKINGS: A 380 FT. ADIT (INCLUDING DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS) DRIVEN BENEATH TWO SHAFTS. THE SHAFTS DO NOT CONNECT. SOUTHERN WORKINGS: TWO ADITS, UPPER AND LOWER, BOTH OVER 300 FT. (INCLUDING DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS), CONNECTED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT AND A WINZE.

Comments on development

  • A COMPRESSOR IS AT THE TOP OF THE DUMP AT THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 145

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, 8-25-80

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: UTAH U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 177, P. 145-146

  • Deposit

    PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1938, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 446

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK-1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GALENA-QUARTZ VEINS OCCUPY N20E, 50-65 NW DIPPING FISSURES AND N40-50W, 22-90 SW DIPPING FISSURES. THE NORTHEAST-STRIKING FISSURES WERE EXPLORED IN THE NORTHERN WORKINGS; THE NORTHWEST-STRIKING FISSURES WERE EXPLORED IN THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references