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Gold Hill Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Tungsten
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  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 10021179
MRDS ID DC15161
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Western Utah Mine
Related records 10155095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8064, 40.16104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 6800 FT, 578E OF GOLD HILL TOWN ROAD INTERSECTION

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 017W 06 SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ON PRINCIPAL WORKING.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTERED LIMESTONE CONTAINS WHITE BLADED WALLASTINITE, GREEN-BROWN GARNET, ZOISITE, DIOPSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Adamite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Siderite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Metallics, Ls Has Been Altered.

Analytical data

Result 2.98 PERCENT CU. 4.33 OZ/TON AG, 5.62 PERCENT PB, 7.98 OZ/TON AG
Result TRACE AG. 30 PERCENT PB, 10 PERCENT CU, 9.4 PERCENT ZN, 4.6 PERCENT SI, 38.8 PERCENT FE 14.8 PERCENT CO3, 4.83 PERCENT AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry Dike
    Rock description Granodiorite;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mtn. Limestone;Manning Canyon Formation (Dk. Quartzite, Blk Shale)
    Rock description Ochre Mtn. Limestone;Manning Canyon Formation (Dk. Quartzite, Blk Shale)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8064, 40.16104
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Qtz-Monzonite Stock Surrounding The Sed. Rocks. Ochre Mtn. Trust About 3 Mi To The West
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ls. Beds Strike Nw, Dipping Vertical To 45 Deg. E. A Beh Of Jasperoid Along The Shale-Ls. Contact

Ore body information

  • General form PAD/LENS
    Strike N45W
    Dip 67E.
    Length 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Easily Replaceable Ls Beds; Fissuring Within A Favorable Ls Bed; Limited By The Dike And Qtz Mon. Wedges.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IN SMALL BODIES HEAVILY FAULTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank G. Rouley
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)

Comments on the production information

  • ARSENIC PROD. 1919-1923

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGEST ARSENIC RESERVES IN THE U.S. (1924). DECREASE IN THE PRICE OF AS IN 1925 RESULTED IN MINE SHUTDOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.526HA
    Overall depth 274.32M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • (6 LEVELS, 150, 300, 400, 600, 700; AND 760 FT) 2 MAIN SHAFTS WITH SEVERAL OTHER SHAFTS BETWEEN LEVELS, ESTIMATED 8000 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: HEYL, A.U., 1963, USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    GILBERT., G.K., 1875, US GEOG. & GEOL SURVEYS, W. 100TH MER. REPT., V3

  • Deposit

    HAGUE ARNOLD & EMMONS, 1877, US GEOL. EXPL. 40TH PAR REPT., V2

  • Deposit

    BLAKE, W.P., 1892, AGE OF THE LS STRATA OF DEEP CREEK UT. AM. GEOL., VOL. 91 & ENG. & MIN. JOURNAL, V. 53.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.U., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1855 RECON US PAC. RR. EXPL. REPT: 33 RD CONG.

  • Deposit

    1890 GEOLMAP GIBERT, G.K. 1 USGS MON. 1

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER B.S. AND OTHERS USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., USGS PP 177

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE EL SHATOURY, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MIN. DIST., TOOELE CO., UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 83

  • Deposit

    1ST SESS., H. EX. DOC. 1 V18, PT. 2

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935. THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P. 152

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935; THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CLOSED IN JAN. 1945 ORE BODIES EXHAUSTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    American Smelting and Refining Co. Filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired out of bankruptcy by Grupo México in 2009.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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