| 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: | -112.00078, 39.99996 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Mercury | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -112.00078, 39.99996 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Anticline |
| Structure description | OPHIR ANTICLINE |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | Anticline |
| Structure description | NW-STRIKING ANTICLINE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | MERCUR MINING DISTRICT |
|---|
BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF, AND HEIKES, V. C. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.
SPURR, J.E., AND EMMONS, S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN REPORT PT 2 P. 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, GEOL. OF MERCUR: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL 24, P. 543-45.
HILLS, R. C., 1894, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CAMP FLOYD MINING DIST, TOOELE CO., UTAH: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROCEED, AUG 6.
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