| Deposit ID | 10155445 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490530248 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Goldstrike Ut |
| Alternate or previous names | Moosehead, Hamburg, Hassayampa, Padre Hill, Main Zone, Goldtown No. 1, Goldtown No. 2, Basin, Covington |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.89721, 37.37918 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goldstrike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
National Forest(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 039 S | 018 W | 20 | NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Cinnabar | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Orpiment | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Realgar | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -113.89721, 37.37918 |
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| Thickness | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 157HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Year of first production | 1989 |
| Milling method | Heap Leach-Electrowin |
| District name | Goldstrike District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | USMX, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | 141 Union Blvd, Suite 100, Lakewood, Co 80228 |
| Year | 1995 |
| Year | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Description | 710.4 Kgs Au & 671.0 Kgs Ag Produced 968910 Mts Ore Treated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1,352.8 Kgs Au & 1,120.4 Kgs Ag Produced 1199100 Mts Ore Treated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1,109.3 Kgs Au & 2,927.2 Kgs Ag Produced 1235500 Mts Ore Treated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490530248 |
WILDEN, R. & D. H. ADAIR. GOLD DEPOSITS AT GOLDSTRIKE,
UTAH. UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASS. PUBLICATION. NO. 15, 1986,
PP. 137-147.
USMX, INC. SEC FORM 10-K REPORT, DEC 31, 1992. P. 12.
MINING RECORD. EXPLORATION DRILLING CONTINUES ON GOLDSTRIKE
PROPERTY. MARCH 24, 1993, P. 1.
USMX 1994 ANNUAL REPORT.
MINING ENG. MAG. GOLDSTRIKE OPENING MARKS TENNECO REENTY
INTO GOLD BUSINESS. JUNE 1989, P. 385.
WALENGA, K. SOUTHWESTERN UTAH GOLD MINE IS NOW ON LINE.
PAY DIRT MAG. (ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDITION). MAY 1989, P. 4A.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3-93, P.18.
THE MINING RECORD, 2-24-93, P.5
ROCKY MTN PAY DIRT, 3-93, P.23A.
SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 1-23-93, P.3.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1994 ADIT UPDATE: MINE CLOSED IN OCTOBER 1994. REMAINING GOLD CONTAINED IN DUMPS WILL BE PROCESSED BY EARLY 1995 AND MILL WILL BE CLOSED IN 1995. RECLAIMATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1996 WHEN FINAL DECOMMISS- IONING OF LEACH PAD #2 IS SCHEDUALED TO START. GOLD WILL STILL BE RECOVERED THROUGH 1995. THE RESERVES GIVEN IN ADIT ARE GIVEN IN THE MINING RECORD, 3/24/93, P. 1. THE ARTICLE ALSO GAVE A NEW PRODUCTION FIGURE 16,330 MT/D TOTAL ROCK WITH A STRIP RATIO REPORTED OF 2:1 WASTE TO ORE. THE COVINGTON AND MOOSEHEAD PITS ARE BEING MINED. THE GOLDSTRIKE DEPOSIT IS A LOW-GRADE, DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT FOUND ALONG THE BASAL SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERTIC SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE EOCENE AGE CLARON FORMATION. PALEOZOIC LIME- STONES, DOLOMITES, SHALES AND QUARTZITES ARE OVERLAIN BY A THE FRESH-WATER SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE OF THE CLARON FORMATION. THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED BY FOLDING, THRUST FAULTING, AND HIGH-ANGLE FAULTING. THESE HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS APPEAR TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS. WHEN THE HYDROTHEMAL SOLUTIONS, MIGRATING UP THE FAULTS REACHED THE CONTACT OF THE PALEOZOICS AND THE BASAL CLARON CONGLOMERATE, THE SOLUTIONS MOVE LATERALLY ALONG THE CONTACT AND DEPOSITED THE GOLD AND SILVER ALONG WITH THE SILICA GANGUE. ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, AND MERCURY OCCUR WITH THE GOLD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-MAY-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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