Mercur Mining District

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver, Antimony
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001643
MRDS ID W002884
Record type District
Current site name Mercur Mining District
Alternate or previous names Camp Floyd, Sunshine West Dip

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00078, 39.99996 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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
Mercury Secondary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00078, 39.99996

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Anticline
Structure description OPHIR ANTICLINE
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description NW-STRIKING ANTICLINE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name MERCUR MINING DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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