The Veater Mercury is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 8,081 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,081 Feet (2,463 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.09861, -112.40556
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Veater Mercury MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Veater Mercury
Secondary: Spry
Secondary: Dog Valley
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Dog Valley
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Ruland Veater
Home Office: Panguitch,Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Markagunt Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone, Nearby Laccolith.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization, Hematitization, Argillitization.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ROCK CONTAINS UP TO 0.5 PERCENT HG.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Development): DRILLING REQUIRED TO PROPERLY EVALUATE DEPOSIT. ; ECON.COM: SMALL - LOW GRADE
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS, VARIABLE GRADE IN ALTERED ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SCATTERED PITS ALONG STRIKE OF DEPOSIT, LARGEST 300 FEET X 200 FEET.
Comment (Geology): VERY NEAR LACCOLITHIC INTRUSION (MONZONITE).
Comment (Location): NORTHWEST SIDE OF GRANITE KNOLLS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 140 .
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOPHYS UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 P. 143 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOCHEM UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 142
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 139 - 143 .
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