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Occurrence 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088612
MRDS ID M055169
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59609, 40.64354 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 007W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON MINE SYMBOL IN TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Garden City Dolomite
    Rock description Garden City Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59609, 40.64354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Dip STEEPLY DIPPING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Obscure Bedding Plane Or Strike Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.
  • Type Owner
    Owner F And H Development Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS, SHAFTS, BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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