| Deposit ID | 10042246 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058663 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sacramento Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Jessie Lakin Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.21497, 40.31161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3,500 FT S26W FROM MERCUR |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006S | 003W | 07;08 | NE OF SW (07) | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Rhyolie Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Rhyolie Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Limestone |
| (1) | Great Blue Ls, Humbug Formation, and Deseret Limestone |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures,Fractures,Faults And Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 30E |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| Year of last production | 1907 |
| District name | Mercur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Mercur Mines Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Getty Oil Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058663 |
BISSELL,H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR, JE.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH:U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, P.138
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE IS CONFINED TO THE ALTERED HOSTROCKS. THE ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS; AND THE FISSURE-FILLINGS ARE NEGLIGIBLE. NEVERTHELESS THESE FISSURES WERE OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IS LOCALIZING THE DEPOSIT |
| Deposit | THE MINE IS LOCATED IS THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONE. THE PORPHYRY INTRUSION OF SUNRISE HILL CUTS THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF THE DEPOSIT. THE ORE IS SOFT, PULVERIZED, AND YELLOWISH OR GREYISH. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN THE UNOXIDIZED ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS MORE SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM,JAROSITE,SCORODITE AND MELATNERITE. A BRECCIA PIPE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE INTRUSIVE NAD THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE. THE BRECCIA SHOWS A CRUDE ZONATION OF BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. THE ENTIRE PIPE IN ALTERED TO A SILICEOUS SINTER. THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO A LIGHT VIOLET AND RED COLOR NEAR THE INTRUSIVE, OTHER WISE THE ALTERATION APPEARS AS LIGHT BUT IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 M |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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