Minerals from the Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., UT

Chris Tucker Minerals
Specializing in minerals from Montana

Minerals from the Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County Utah.
Below you will find a variety of minerals from this famous locality. Other minerals from the mine are available, if you don't see what you are looking for just ask. For more information on the mine see The Mineralogical Record, 24: 11-22. As always, click on any image to see a larger version of it.

During the summer of 2007, the underground workings of the Gold Hill mine were closed by the state of Utah. The likelihood of future specimens from the mines depths is remote.

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01082 Olivenite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Numerous clusters of deep green olivenite microcrystals. The olivenite occurs as sheaf like groups although scattered single crystals are present as well. No noticeable damage. Measures 7x5x3cm $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01893 Olivenite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Numerous groups of deep green crystals of olivenite are present on the front of this piece. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4.5x4x3cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01894 Olivenite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several groups of pale green olivenite crystals are present on the front of this pieces. Several of the olivenite crystals have a lighter core which likely indicates a changing chemistry during deposition. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4x3x3cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01895 Olivenite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several groups of pale green olivenite crystals are present on the front of this pieces. Several of the olivenite crystals have a lighter core which likely indicates a changing chemistry during deposition. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4x2x2.5cm. $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01883 Chlorargyrite with hidalgoite and scorodite, 125 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Small vugs in massive hidalgoite and scorodite are host to a few chlorargyrite microcrystals. The chlorargyrite crystals vary from those that are sharp and well defined to those that are best described as waxy blobs. The largest chlorargyrite crystal is perhaps 0.75mm in size. No damage. Measures 2.5x1.5x1cm. $18.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01884 Zálesíite, 30 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several groups of slender pale blue-green zálesíite microcrystals are present in a small quartz lined vug. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 5x3.5x2.5cm $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01885 Zálesíite, 30 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Single small spherical growth of zálesíite on a small piece of matrix. The zálesíite ball is about 0.5mm across. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 3x1.5x1.5cm $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01886 Zálesíite, 30 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Numerous small groups of acicular zálesíite microcrystals are present among a number of larger calcite crystals as well as the occasional spherical growth of conichalcite. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4x2.5x2cm $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01844 Adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several fan like groups of pale adamite crystals are present in a single cavity on the front of this piece. No damage. Measures 8.5x5x5cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01838 Austinite with adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Creamy white micro crystals of austinite thickly line several cavities on this piece. Some minor adamite is present as well. The Gold Hill mine is the type locality for austinite. No damage. Measures 7x6x3cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01043 Adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Classic spherical growth of adamite. The adamite has excellent luster and the main crystal group sits proudly on the matrix. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 3.5x2.5x3.5cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01584 Adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Scattered microcrystals of cuprian adamite on a thin piece of matrix. No noticeable damage. Measures 4x2.5x1cm $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00530 Azurite with malachite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. A single slightly etched azurite and several tufts of malachite lie in a quartz lined vug. No damage. Measures 3x3.5x2.5cm $5.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00916 Adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thick coverage of cream colored adamite; the adamite occurs as sharp single crystals. This is a very attractive adamite, no damage. Measures 15x5x5cm $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00761 Austinite with adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thick coverage of both austinite and adamite. On the side is a second small vug with a few yellow-green spherical groups of adamite. No damage. Measures 6x5x3.5cm $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01334 Barium-Pharmacosiderite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thousands of pseudo cubic barium-pharmacosiderite microcrystals are present on this piece. Very pretty beneath the microscope. No noticeable damage. Measures 4.5x4x2.5cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01335 Barium-Pharmacosiderite and arseniosiderite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thousands of pseudo cubic barium-pharmacosiderite microcrystals are present along with patches of powdery orange arseniosiderite on this piece. Very pretty beneath the microscope. No noticeable damage. Measures 6x3.5x1.5cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01336 Barium-Pharmacosiderite, arseniosiderite, and cuprian adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thick crusts of arseniosiderite along scattered crystals of barium-pharmacosiderite and vivid green copper rich adamite. The adamite crystals have unusually short prism faces which lends the appearance of the crystals being octahedrons. No noticeable damage. Measures 9.5x7x4cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01265 Zálesíite, 30 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several groups of slender pale blue-green zálesíite microcrystals associated with minor calcite and conichalcite, no noticeable damage. Measures 4x4x3cm $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01266 Zálesíite, 30 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several groups of slender pale blue-green zálesíite microcrystals associated with minor calcite and conichalcite, no noticeable damage. See #01265 for a general idea of what these pieces look like beneath the microscope. Measures 4x3.5x2.5cm $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01089 Malachite, 300 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Scattered tufts of malachite microcrystals on quartz matrix. No noticeable damage. Measures 8x4x4cm $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01090 Malachite and calcite, 300 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Soft fuzzy groups of malachite microcrystals lie around the base of a group of calcite crystals that dominate the piece. One of the calcite crystals is broken, it does not detract from the piece and everything else is perfect. Measures 7x6x3.5cm $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01042 Adamite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several small greenish-yellow spherical growths of adamite rest on one side of this piece. Scattered about the larger adamite groups are a number of colorless adamite microcrystals. No damage. Measures 6.5x4x3cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00911 Sodium-Pharmacosiderite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several patches of bright sodium-pharmacosiderite microcrystals in the 0.5-1mm range are present on this piece. Measures 4.5x3x2cm $5.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00811 Carminite with scorodite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Several small vugs with microcrystals of carminite on scorodite. Measures 4.5x3x1cm $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00506 Conichalcite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Good coverage of green conichalcite on one side of this piece. No damage. Measures 6x4x3cm $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00525 Hemimorphite, 80 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Thick carpet of colorless transparent hemimorphite microcrystals. No damage. Measures 4x5x3cm $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00527 Mimetite, Glory Hole area, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Creamy white mimetite 0.4mm microcrystals line a number of vugs on this piece. No damage. Measures 2.5x1.5x2cm $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00598 Mimetite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Numerous pale cream colored mimetite crystals in the 0.5mm range, one of the richer pieces that I have seen from this locality. Measures 4x3x2cm $9.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00529 Conichalcite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Good coverage of green conichalcite with minor quartz covers one side of this piece. No damage. Measures 7x6x3cm $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00533 Barite, 150 Level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. A couple of 2mm colorless barite microcrystals are present in a quartz vug,. No damage. Measures 4x2.5x3cm $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00507 Olivenite and scorodite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Numerous vugs of finely crystalline scorodite with occasional olivenite crystals. Measures 5x3x3cm $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00085 Scorodite, 110 Level Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. Chunk of scorodite with numerous vugs lined with scorodite micro crystals. Often micro crystals of carminite, olivenite, and thometzekite are found in this material. Measures 7x4x5cm $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00086 Calcite, 150 Level Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. The calcite crystals are nice and sharp with bright luster and reach about 1cm in length. I briefly looked at this piece under the microscope and noticed that there are several other minerals present. Among the larger calcites are numerous water clear gem calcite micro crystals with minor amounts of conichalcite and “limonite” pseudomorphs of what is commonly called smithsonite. Measures 8.5x5.5x5cm $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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