| Deposit ID | 60000978 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055168 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Camp Floyd District (Mercur) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.215, 40.31164 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Mercury | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| (1) | -112.215, 40.31164 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Discoverer | L. Greely |
| Year of first production | 1883 |
| District name | CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | MERCUR DISTRICT |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | GETTY MINERAL RESOURCES CO. |
UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 43, 1973
GILLULY, J., 1932 , GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS, UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 173 , 171 P.
BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , 672 P.
SPURR, J. E. AND EMMONS, S. F., 1895 , USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2 , PP. 343 - 455.
ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL. 89 , P. 1273 - 1277.
DERN, G. H., 1904 , GEOLOGY OF MERCUR.: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL. 24 , P. 543 - 45.
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.
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.
MICHOLS, I. L. AND PETERSON, L., 1970 , LEACHING GOLD BEARING MILL TAILINGS FROM MERCUR., UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 7395.
FRANKLIN, W. J., AND MILLER, V., 1938 , METALLURGICAL DEVEL. AT MERCUR., UTAH: USBM TECH. PAPER 588 , 1938 , 42 P.
SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, MARCH 21, 1981, VOL. 70, NO. 12, P. 19.
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