The Unknown is a mercury and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.32222, -112.21111
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Getty Oil Co.
Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Year Last Production: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, Kaolimization, And Siliceitication
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE; THE TOTRAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS PROBABLY FOR ABOUT $500,000
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED FONES IN WALLROCKS. UNALTERED ROCKS ARE BARREU. THE OCIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN UNOXIDIZED (BASE) ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCOXODITE, AND MELANTERITE
Comment (Workings): ORE VERTICAL SHAFT (100 FT. APPROX.); TWO ADITS; NINE INCLINES (35 DEG.): MINE WORKINGS ARE ALL CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; TWO LARGE PITS OR 600X120X220, FT. AND 600X400X50 FT SIZE; SEVERAL OTHER PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHALTERED, FOLDED AND CRUMPLED. SHALES ARE BROUEN TO BUFF, PULVERIZED, FRIABLE, SERICITIC, EALERARIOUS, SOMETIMES EARBONERCEOUS AND KAOLIMITIE. LIMESTONES ARE BRECCIATED, DARK GRAY, DOLOMITE, SILICIFIED AND RINPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ. ORE MINERALS ARE INTINUATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF JASPEROID AND QUARTZ. LIMONITIE STAINS ARE COMMON ON WALLROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, 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 ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS; AND THE FISSURE FILLINGS ARE NEGLIGIBLE. NEVERTHE LESS THESE FISSURES WERE OF FUNDEMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN LOCALIZING THE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ER. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E., 1895, P. 422
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