Mercur Prospect #6

The Mercur Prospect #6 is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,119 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mercur Prospect #6

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
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.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Fractures And Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES. THE ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Workings): PIT AND TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE BRECCIATED, CRUMPLED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, SERICITIC, SILICEOUS, CARBONACEOUS AND KAOLIMITIC. EFFECTS OF LIMONITIZATION ARE COMMON ON WALLROCKS.

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., ET. 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.

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