Consolidated Mercur Co.

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020046
MRDS ID DC12238
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated Mercur Co.
Alternate or previous names Mercur, Brickyard, Golden Gate Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -112.2212, 40.32741 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 06,07,08,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • OPERATES THE MERCUR, GOLDEN GATE, AND BRICKYARD MINES. LOOK UP THE INDIVIDUAL MINES FOR DESCRIPTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -112.2212, 40.32741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 W
    Dip 10 - 30 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID ALTERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1933-34, 1936; EST. TOTAL PROD. TO 1959 $16,500,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940

  • Deposit

    BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 220.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENGR. AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 89 , JUNE 18 , 1910 , P. 1273 - 1277

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX ORE BEARING BEDS, THREE PRINCIPAL BEDS ARE MERCUR VEIN, MIDDLE STREAK, AND UPPER VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-78 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-78 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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