| Deposit ID | 10087662 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008503 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mercur Canyon Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.22886, 40.31911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5,350 FT. S 87 W. OF MERCUR IN MERCUR CANYON |
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 | NW OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | 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 | Faults, Fissures, Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 15E |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mercur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mc Farland And Hullinger |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.262HA |
| Overall length | 365.76M |
| Overall width | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008503 |
VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.
BISSELL, H.J.,ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.
LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.
MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A FAULT TRENDING IN ENE-WSW DIRECTION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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