Mercur Mine #7

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097827
MRDS ID D008535
Record type Site
Current site name Mercur Mine #7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22274, 40.32827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 6,700 FT SOUTH OF PORPHYRY HILL

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 06 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
    Rock description Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22274, 40.32827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25W
    Dip 30NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE VERY MUCH DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, DOLOMITIZED, LIMONITIZED, AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE FRIABLE, SERICITIC, SILIEROUS, CARBONACEOUS, KAOLIMITIC, CALCAREOUS AND LIMONITIC. WALLROCKS ARE IMPREGNATED WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS. ORE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VEIN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Getty Oil Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR INCLINES (35 DEG.), CAVED; ONE PIT OF 250X120X30 FT. SIZE; SEVERAL OTHER PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL,H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER,B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION:U.G.M.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN ALTERED WALL ROCKS. UNALTERED ROCKS ARE BARREN. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE TRIABLE THAN UNOXIDIZED (BASE) ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONATAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCORODITE AND MELANTERITE
Deposit THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULBERIZE, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOUR. GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED ONLY IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ONE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENTN OF THE WALLROCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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