| Deposit ID | 10040408 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055170 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Halladay Mercury Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.5997, 40.66687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1878 |
| Relative position | AT THE END OF A ROAD IN THE HEAD OF TIMPIE CANYON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 007W | 02,11 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 0.03 PERCENT BEO FROM GRAB SAMPLE OF DUMP MATERIAL. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Upper Gardner Dolomite;Pine Canyon Limestone |
| Rock description | Upper Gardner Dolomite;Pine Canyon Limestone |
| (1) | -112.5997, 40.66687 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deseret Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North-Trending Anticline, Broad Canyon Reverse Fault, Unconformity Between Cambrian Units And Gardner Dolomite. |
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| District name | Timpie Canyon (Free Coinage) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. S. Halladay |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055170 |
SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31.
BAILEY, E.H., PERSONAL FILES, USGS
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8..31: UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, DENVER, COLORADO
1961 RECON USBM-FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED
1963 RECON USBM-INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31, DENVER, COLORADO
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.