Probert Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088613
MRDS ID M055172
Record type Site
Current site name Probert Mine
Alternate or previous names Congar Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -113.12587, 40.4502 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wig Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -113.12587, 40.4502

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 SE
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Bringing Limestone Into Contact With Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR ASSOC. WITH BARITE VEIN IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE ON A FAULT. MODERATELY DIPPING PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND SHALE INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Dan Probert
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Marysvale District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dan Probert, Blake Probert
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Probert
    First year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1930'S. TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN 200 FLASKS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 BY 40 FT OPEN CUT. 132 FT. ADIT. ONE SMALL WINZE AND ONE SHALLOW SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • RETORT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. 88TH CONGR. 2ND SESS., 1964, COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS. COMM. PRINT 26-976

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD AND O'FARRELL, 1932

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ERRATICALLY MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-73 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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