The gold hill quadrangle is in west central utah and is limited by parallels 40 and 4015 and meridians 11345 and 114 this area includes the north end of the deep creek mountains one of the ranges in the great basin. Gold hill mine originally called the western utah mine gold hill mine was created in the 1890s and expanded with the arrival of the railroad in 1917 mining ended in 1925 when the market for arsenic collapsed the mine will likely be permanently closed in the near future. Gold hill mining district clifton mining district tooele co utah usa also has indium and scandium mineralization the gold hill mining district is one of the oldest in utah it was discovered around 1857 by travelers heading to california through overland canyon . The gold hill area in tooele county northwest utah is one of the oldest mining sites in the state principal minerals removed since 1857 are lead copper silver gold arsenic zinc and tungsten this area lies in the ea st central part of the great basin section of the basin and range province