Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Mercury, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000978
MRDS ID M055168
Record type District
Current site name Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.215, 40.31164 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.215, 40.31164

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description OPHIR ANTICLINE; FAULT SYSTEMS TRENDING NE, NS, NW.
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description NW - STRIKING OPHIR ANTICLINE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer L. Greely
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT
District name MERCUR DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner GETTY MINERAL RESOURCES CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 43, 1973

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932 , GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS, UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 173 , 171 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , 672 P.

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968 , PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE US: USGS PROF. PAPER 610 , 283 P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E. AND EMMONS, S. F., 1895 , USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2 , PP. 343 - 455.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL. 89 , P. 1273 - 1277.

  • Deposit

    DERN, G. H., 1904 , GEOLOGY OF MERCUR.: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL. 24 , P. 543 - 45.

  • Deposit

    HILLS, R. C., 1894 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CAMP FLOYD MINING DIST. TOOEL CO., UTAH: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROCEED., AUG. 6 , V. 5 , P. 54 - 65.

  • Deposit

    GEMMELL, R. C., 1897 , CAMP FLOYD MINING DISTRICT AND THE MERCUR. MINES, UTAH: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., APRIL 24 , 1897 , P. 403 - 4 , 427 - 8.

  • Deposit

    MICHOLS, I. L. AND PETERSON, L., 1970 , LEACHING GOLD BEARING MILL TAILINGS FROM MERCUR., UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 7395.

  • Deposit

    FRANKLIN, W. J., AND MILLER, V., 1938 , METALLURGICAL DEVEL. AT MERCUR., UTAH: USBM TECH. PAPER 588 , 1938 , 42 P.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, MARCH 21, 1981, VOL. 70, NO. 12, P. 19.

Beyond USGS

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