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U.S. Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Arsenic, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Gold
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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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021191
MRDS ID DC15177
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Mine, Last Dollar Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82945, 40.15687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position APPROX. 3400 FT. SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL VILLAGE.

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 018W 01 NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Jasperization; Garnet-Rich Skarn Limits Ore

Analytical data

Result ARSENIC ORE, 1924-1925, AVERAGES (PERCENTS): AS, 25.8
Result ZN, 0.4
Result CU, 0.02
Result PA, 0.86. OZ/TON: AU, 0.03
Result AG, 1.6. PB-AG ORE, 1926: PA, 12 PERCENT
Result AG, 15 OZ/TON. USBM (1945): 13 CHANNEL SAMPLES, 200 FT. LEVEL, ASSAYS .5 OR AU, AG, PA, ZN, AS , S
Result 28 CHANNEL SAMPLES, H-LEVEL, AS AND S ASSAYS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock;Quartz Parphyry Dike
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock;Quartz Parphyry Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82945, 40.15687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Ore Deposit Is In A Roof Pendant

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 60NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 71.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz. Monzonite-Is Contact, Bedding Plane Faults, N60e (Approx.) 60 Se-Dipping Fault On The South End Of The Orebody Northwest-Striking, Southwest-Dipping Faults On The East Margin.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE NORTH END OF THE ORE BODY IS ENRICHED IN LEAD, ZINC, AND SILVER; THE SOUTH END IS ENRICHED IN ARSENIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer J.J. Gerster
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Home office Miami, Fl.

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25.8 Percent As
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Arsenic Arsenic 26wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Period 1943-1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^15.2 Percent As
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Arsenic Arsenic 15wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS OF PB-AG ORE WERE MADE IN THE YEARS 1924-1926 (NOLAN, 1935, P. 156).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 518.16M
    Overall depth 71.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTS THE 100, H (PRINCIPAL LEVVEL), AND 234 (200 FT. IN THE USBM REPT.) LEVELS; A VERTICAL SHAFT FROM THE SURFACE CONNECTS WITH THE 100 FT. LEVEL. THE 100 FT. LEVEL IS KNOWN AS THE "WORKING" LEVEL, WAS EXTENSIVELY STOPED, AND IS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • THE USBM OPEN FILE REPORT (MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1INCLUDES EXCELLENT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND GEOLOGIC MAPS AND A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE WORKINGS. A SEVEN HOLE DRILLING PROGRAM WAS PROPOSED IN THE REPORT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 4.1

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 156-162.

  • Deposit

    US. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1

  • Deposit

    WILSON, S.R., 1959, MINING HISTORY AND MINERALOGY OF ORES OF THE CLIFTON DISTRICT, GOLD HILL, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: MIN. SOC. UTAH BULL. V. 9, NO. 1, P. 5.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOCHEM USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1

  • Deposit

    1944 MINEMAP USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1

  • Production

    NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; WILSON, 1958, P. 5; USBM, 1945, P. 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LIMITS OF THE ORE BODY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IN AREAS LACKING A QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT OR A POST-MERAL FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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