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Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

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Mine famous for an assemblage of secondary minerals of copper and other metals.

Located about 30 miles southwest of Wendover, Utah.



References:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 810.

- Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22.

- Kampf, A. R.; Wise, W. S.; Rossman, G. R. (2000): Juanitaite: A new mineral from Gold Hill, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 31: 301-305.

- Mineralogical Magazine: 56: 71-73.

- Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah, UGMS Bull 117.

- Mineral News: 13(9): 1.

- Viñals, J., Jambor, J.L., Raudsepp, M., Roberts, A.C., Grice. J.D., Kokinos, M., Wise, W.S. (2008): Barahonaite-(Al) and barahonaite-(Fe), new Ca-Cu arsenate mineral species, from Murcia Province, southeastern Spain, and Gold Hill, Utah. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 205-217.





 Map Reference: 40°9'41"N , 113°48'24"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [various added photos]
  		•  Adamite
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 810. Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © U.Wagner
  		•  Adamite
    var: Cuprian Adamite
    (Zn,Cu)
     
    2
    		AsO
     
    4
    		OH
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Adamite
    var: Manganoan Adamite
    Reference: [In the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Aikinite
    PbCuBiS
     
    3
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    30(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(F,O)|(PO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Arseniosiderite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah; collected by Brent Thorne.]
    Site Photo
    300(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Arsentsumebite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Cu[OH|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne. Analyzed by Bill Wise.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Arthurite
    CuFe
    3+
    2
    		[(OH,O)|(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		)]
     
    2
    		 · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV]
  		•  Atacamite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|Cl]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Atelestite
    Bi
     
    8
    		[O
     
    5
    		|(OH)
     
    5
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Austinite (TL)
    CaZn[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Type Locality: Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 810; American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 1359. Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Karl Volkman03/05
  		•  Austinite
    var: Cuprian Austinite
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Karl Volkman 04/05
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22; Mineralogical Record: 32: 215 (mine in general).]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Barahonaite-(Al)
    (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Al)
     
    12
    		Al
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    8
    		(OH,Cl)
     
    x
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Description: (Previously known as "UK #2".)
    Reference: [ Viñals, J., Jambor, J.L., Raudsepp, M., Roberts, A.C., Grice. J.D., Kokinos, M., Wise, W.S. (2008): Barahonaite-(Al) and barahonaite-(Fe), new Ca-Cu arsenate mineral species, from Murcia Province, southeastern Spain, and Gold Hill, Utah. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 205-217; Brent Thorne and Joe Marty specimens. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2007
  		•  Bariopharmacosiderite
    BaFe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 06
  		•  Bayldonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Pb[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Beudantite
    PbFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Birnessite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.5
    		(Mn
    4+
     
    		,Mn
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		 · 1.5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineral News: 13(9): 1.]
    Site Photo
    300(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Bismutite
    (BiO)
     
    2
    		CO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 8/08
  		•  Brookite
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    300(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Chris Tucker
  		•  Caledonite
    Cu
     
    2
    		Pb
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Carminite
    PbFe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Chalcophanite
    (Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn
     
    3
    		O
     
    7
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Glory Hole, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Chenevixite
    Cu
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    AgCl
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 8/08
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22; Mineralogical Record: 32: 215 (Mine in general).]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 8/08
  		•  Clinoclase
    Cu
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    300(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © 2004 ROM
  		•  Clinozoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [various added photos]
    Site Photo
    Middle pit, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rockpick Legend Co.
  		•  Conichalcite
    CaCu[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © minresco
  		•  Connellite
    Cu
     
    19
    		[(OH)
     
    32
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Copiapite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 20H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    South pit, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Cornubite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Cornwallite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Devilline
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Dietrichite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Al
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Ferrisymplesite
    Fe
    3+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Gartrellite
    Pb(Cu,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Zn)
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2(H
     
    2
    		O,OH)
    Reference: [Personal communication from Bill Wise.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    80(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Alan Goldstein
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Collected by Brent Thorne; Mineralogical Record: 32: 215; Mineral News: 13(9): 1.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rockpick Legend Co.
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [R. Meyer, self collected 10/9/2003 from 80' level entrance]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Hidalgoite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 2(5): 212-213. Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rui Nunes 2006
  		•  Hydrohetaerolite
    ZnMn
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Jamesonite
    Pb
     
    4
    		FeSb
     
    6
    		S
     
    14
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Juanitaite (TL)
    Bi(Cu,Ca,Fe)
     
    10
    		[(OH)
     
    11
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    Reference: [A. R. Kampf et al.: Mineral. Rec. 31, 301-305 (2000)]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Caltech
  		•  Kettnerite
    (BiO)Ca[F|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    30(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Lavendulan
    NaCaCu
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Middle pit, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 810; Mineralogical Record: 32: 215.]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne; Rocks & Minerals (2006): 81: 208-213 (mine in general).]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © minresco
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Metazeunerite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © T. Kennedy 2002
  		•  Mixite
    BiCu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © 2002 T. Kennedy
  		•  Monimolite
    (Pb,Ca,Fe)
     
    3
    		Sb
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Natrojarosite
    NaFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Natropharmacosiderite
    (Na,K)Fe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 6-7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 8/08
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Olivenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Dick Dionne
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Parnauite
    Cu
     
    9
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  'Pharmacosiderite Group'
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Philipsburgite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22; Adams, P.M. (2005): Zalesiite from the Gold Hill Mine, Toole County, Utah. Mineral News, 21(8), 1; 3; 5.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 810; Mineralogical Record: 32: 215.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. Mineralogical Magazine: 56: 71-73 (mine in general).]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    South pit, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rockpick Legend Co.
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Strashimirite
    Cu
     
    8
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Talmessite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Mg[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Karl Volkman
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Thometzekite
    Pb(Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2(H
     
    2
    		O,OH)
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 06
  		•  Tsumcorite
    Pb(Zn,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2(H
     
    2
    		O,OH)
    Reference: [Excalibur Mineral specimen]
    Site Photo
    110(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © Rockpick Legend Co.
  		•  Tyrolite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Cu
     
    9
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    11
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 0-1H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 24:1 pp11-22]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 06
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah]
  		•  Wulfenite
    Pb[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Kokinos, M. and Wise, W.S. (1993), Famous Mineral Localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineralogical Record: 24(1): 11-22. ]
  		•  Zálesíite
    (Ca,Y)Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(HAsO
     
    4
    		,AsO
     
    4
    		)|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: A pale green to yellow-green mineral previously referred to as "Ca-mixite" that ocurred in garnet skarn rock from the Middle Pit area. SEM-EDS showed no Bi, Ca>>sum of REE (Adams, 2005).
    Reference: [Paul M. Adams, "Microbits," April 2002; Jaroslaw Skupiewski collection.; Adams, P.M. (2005): Zalesiite from the Gold Hill Mine, Toole County, Utah. Mineral News, 21(8), 1; 3; 5.]
    Site Photo
    Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
    © DM 06


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