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Geyser-Marion

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Mercury, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020047
MRDS ID DC12240
Record type Site
Current site name Geyser-Marion
Alternate or previous names Franklin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2133, 40.32494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position NORTH OF MERCUR TOWN SITE

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 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • GEYSER AND MARION WERE COMBINED IN 1897 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Realgar Ore

Analytical data

Result 1897 , AVERAGE VALUE $7/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zones, Fault Zones ( N 70 E, 90 ).

Ore body information

  • General form SHEETLIKE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ROOF OF THE ORE DEPOSIT IS TRACED ALONG AN ALTERED PORPHYRY. CHIEF ORE IS A CHERTY LIMESTONE. THE ORE FOLLOWS THE FAULT ZONES FROM BED TO BED. VERY LITTLE ORE OCCURS IN THE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL EST. PROD. $500,000 FROM 1935-1938; PROD. 1940; 1943-44

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 395.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1937-45

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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