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. Utahs clifton gold hill mining district includes 1256 nearby claims 416 active and 840 closed and 245 nearby mines 131 occurrences 24 prospects and 90 producers quick facts located in utah . 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 the climate of the region like that of the major province is relatively arid the average annual rainfall being about 13 . Gold hill mine western utah mine gold hill gold hill mining district clifton mining district tooele co utah usa a former as cu au pb ag zn w ba baryte mine located in sec 6 t8s r17w slm 6800 feet s78e of gold hill town road intersection about 30 miles sw of wendover utah on private patented land