The Mercur Mine #8 is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,661 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,661 Feet (2,335 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.33222, -112.22139
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Mercur Mine #8 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercur Mine #8
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOUR. GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN THE ALTERED ZONES IN WALLROCKS. UNALTERED ROCKS ARE BARREN. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN UNOXIDIZED ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCORODITE AND MELANTERITE
Comment (Workings): ONE INCLINE (35 DEG.), 50 FT. LONG AND THAN CAVED; ONE ADIT, 80 FT. LONG, AND THAN CAVED; ONE PIT OF 350X80X20 FT. SIZE; SEVERAL OTHER SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. SHALES ARE BROWN, BUFF TO BLACK, PULVERIZED, FRIABLE, SERICITIC, CALCAREOUS, SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS, AND KAOLIMITIC. LIMESTONES ARE BRECCIATED, DOLOMITIZED, SILICIFIED AND IMPREGNATED WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE COMMON ON WALLROCKS.
References
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.
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE EXAMINATION:U.G.M.S.
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.
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