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Mercur Mine #4

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012694
MRDS ID D008529
Record type Site
Current site name Mercur Mine #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20886, 40.32577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 2,000 FT. N 8 E OF MERCUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 05 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
    Rock description Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARKGRAY, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED, SHALES ARE CRUMPLED, SERICITIC, CARBONACEOUS AND KAOLIMITIC. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE COMMON ON WALLROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINE (35 DEG.), CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173, 167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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