| Deposit ID | 10155095 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15161 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490450059 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Western Utah Mine |
| Related records | 10021179 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80664, 40.16323 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1953 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Jarosite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Mimetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tennantite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Wollastonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.80664, 40.16323 |
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| Strike | N40W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 214M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3214HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 10.4HA | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1525M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 232M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490450059 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15161 | MAS references MRDS |
USGS PROF. PAPER 177 BY T.B. NOLAN DATED 1935
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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