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Mercur Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Mercury, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020050
MRDS ID DC12244
Record type Site
Current site name Mercur Mine
Related records 10179493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21302, 40.31494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position SOUTH SIDE MERCUR CANYON

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 07,08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR CO. CONTAINS SMALL TUNNEL, UNCLE SAM, NIMROD NO. 2 , NIMROD TUNNEL, MERCUR TUNNEL, APEX TUNNEL, RESOLUTE TUNNEL, RUBY TUNNEL.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rocks Containing Ore Is Highly Altered And Decomposed.

Analytical data

Result IN 1896 , AVERAGED $12/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Beds ( N 55 W, 10 - Zone ) Fissures ( N 30 E, 90 )

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE MINERALIZED VEINS ARE DARK GREY WITH FINE NETWORKS OF QUARTZ OR CALCITE AND BARITE.

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

  • 63,480 TONS MINED IN 1896

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 382-386.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-18-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE ORIGINALLY LOCATED AS A CINNIBAR DEPOSIT BUT NON-COMMERCIAL

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

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