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Chrysocolla from
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Conichalcite39 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Conichalcite at this locality.
Mixite16 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Mixite at this locality.
Cornwallite12 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Cornwallite at this locality.
Zálesíite8 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Zálesíite at this locality.
Olivenite7 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Olivenite at this locality.
Quartz7 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cornubite6 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Cornubite at this locality.
Garnet Group6 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Garnet Group at this locality.
Adamite2 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Adamite at this locality.
Hematite2 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:905050
Long-form Identifier:1:3:905050:1
GUID (UUID V4):3884b056-1b33-4efd-a8ae-c7eb512aa661
Localities for Chrysocolla in this Region
150 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
30 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
80 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Glory Hole, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Middle pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
South pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
0.0km (0.0 miles) Middle pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) South pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) Glory Hole, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) 80 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) 30 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) 150 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Western Utah Extension Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Copperopolis Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Alvarado Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Maple Claims, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA
References
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Report (issue)
CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 05-5 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of 2005 Utah Department of Natural Resources...Resources STATE OF UTAH Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive...Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources...toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP website: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: geostore@utah.gov THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Report (issue)
IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH by H. M. EI-Shatoury and J. A. Whelan UTAH GEOLOGICAL...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah~ Salt Lake City~ Utah Bulletin 83 Price $2.25 March 1970...Alvarado Mine. . The Cane Spring Mine The Bonnemort Mine The Rube Gold Mine . The Frankie Mine The Yellow...Yellow Hammer Mine The Rube Lead Mine . . 29 29 30 32 32 32 33 34 FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND RECOMMENDATIONS...location and accessibility to the Gold Hill mining district, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades
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the Gold Hill Mine Downloaded by [Gazi University] at 11:25 09 January 2015 Tooele County, Utah PATRICK...89122 phaynes@embarqmail.com Figure 1. The Gold Hill mine, with the 300-foot level’s tunnel to the left...underground workings of the Gold Hill mine in Tooele County, Utah. On 6 August 2007 the Utah Mined Land Reclamation...related to former mining and prospecting activity within the Gold Hill mining district, beginning with...with the Gold Hill mine itself. In anticipation of the mine’s closure, a friend, Erich Laskowski, and I made
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................... Utah...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...linarite, caledonite, cerussite, atacamite, chrysocolla, cyanotrichite, and various iron and manganese...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals
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Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah ................................... S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ....................................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................right of amateur col­ lecting and recreational mining, and the use of public and private lands for educational...dark brown leather spine and black spine label with gold stamping. It is available in exchange for a $170
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it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
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OCCURRENCES IN UTAH by K. C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...Purple pit fluorspar pipe, Lost Sheep mine, Spar Mountain, Juab County. CONTENTS Page Dell No. 5 Claim...43 Floride Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Floride No. 1 Mine . . . . ...Floride No.5 Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Floride No. 13 Mine . . . . . . ..... . . 45 Floride No. 18 Mine ............ ·.......... 45 Fluorine Queen Mine . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Director Professional Paper 177 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT U'TAH BY T. B. NOLAN UNItED STATES GOVERNMI£NT...sedimentary rocks in eastern Nevada and western Utah __________ _ Carboniferous system____ __ __ _ _...___ ___ _ __ ____ ___ ______ Clifton district _ _ __ History of mining and production__ ___ __ __ __...(Ida Lull) _ __ __________ Napoleon Mining Co_________ __ __ Gold Bond_ _____ ______ ___________ Copper...119 119 II Mines and prospects-Continued. Clifton district-Continued. Mines and prospects-Continued.
Book (edition)
TN 2.4-' Bixby j| atalogue of Utah minerals and localities THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA...for Collectors MAYNARD BIXBY A CATALOGUE OF UTAH MINERALS AND LOCALITIES With Descriptive List,...Collectors. -byMAYNARD Salt Lake BIXBY. City, Utah. 1904. Copyright, 1902, by MAYNARD (Third ...CHEMISTS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN...MAYNARD BIXBY. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MINERAL LOCALITIES. BEAVER COUNTY. (Vy Beaver City, near; hyalite
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mines and prospect areas, Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah by David R. Zimbelman1 , Alien L. Meier1 , and...location map of mining districts prospect areas in and close to the Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah ...........mines and prospect areas, Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah .............. 5 APPENDICES Appendix 1. Brief...geochemical survey of the Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah. Geochemical samples from within and close to the...of the Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle and nearby areas, Utah and Nevada. The geology of the quadrangle and surrounding
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Minerals of the Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Eureka, Utah Downloaded by [North Carolina State...JOE MARTY 3457 E. Silver Oak Road Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 MARTIN C. JENSEN Mackay School of Mines University...from his collection THE TINTIC DISTRICT in Utah has been mined for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc...zinc since 1869. The district can be divided into two subdistricts: (1) The Main Tintic subdistrict, centered...the Tintic district during the last fifty years. This has changed because some of the old mine dumps in
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Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1745-C...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah By CONSTANCE J. NUTT, DAVID R. ZIMBELMAN...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS NORTHWESTERN UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR.,...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah / by Constance J. Nutt... [et al.]. p. cm...resources of wilderness study areas northwestern Utah ; ch. C) (Studies related to wilderness) Includes
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Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...Scovil photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals...Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. A Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah, 56
Report (issue)
Grateful acknowledgments are due to the mining men of the district, particularly to Messrs.'Louis B. Weed...brilliantly colored chrysocolla. In 1879 the blanket vein of the Silver Cliff mine was discovered by John...having been employed at one time in the Sunrise mine. The more or less complete exhaustion of the copper...contributed to their shut down. In 1888 the Sunrise mine was reworked for a few months. Later developments...Wyo. Sunrise mine.............................................. ?209, 282 Michigan mine (Muskrat Canyon)
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92(35)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Black Pine mine, Montana, USA. 2.559 (100), 4.05 (90), 12.2 (80), 2.666...25.5 51.4 11.8 Total 99.4 (1) Black Pine mine, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by TGA-EGA;...)0.90 ]Σ=1.95 (OH)6.03 • 1.04H2 O. (2) Potts Gill mine, England; by electron microprobe, partial analysis;...Association: Bayldonite, chrysocolla, mimetite, quartz (Black Pine mine, Montana, USA); cornwallite, bayldonite...malachite (Potts Gill mine, England). Distribution: In the USA, from the Black Pine mine, about 14.5 km northwest
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= 6.018(8) X-ray Powder Pattern: Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA. 14.3 (100), 4.52 (60), 10.38 (24), 4.00 (21)...57.64 17.41 Total 99.50 100.00 (1) Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, average of ten spots...rhyolite porphyries and breccias (Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA). Association: Spangolite, chalcophyllite...malachite, azurite, brochantite, chrysocolla (Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA); cyanotrichite, brochantite, lavendulan...Garonne mine, France); chrysocolla, brochantite, malachite, tyrolite, connellite (Gwaithyrafon mine, Wales)
 
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