The Consolidated Mercur Co. is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Consolidated Mercur Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Consolidated Mercur Co.
Secondary: Mercur
Secondary: Brickyard
Secondary: Golden Gate Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Camp Floyd District (Mercur)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): OPERATES THE MERCUR, GOLDEN GATE, AND BRICKYARD MINES. LOOK UP THE INDIVIDUAL MINES FOR DESCRIPTION
Comment (Production): PROD. 1933-34, 1936; EST. TOTAL PROD. TO 1959 $16,500,000
Comment (Deposit): SIX ORE BEARING BEDS, THREE PRINCIPAL BEDS ARE MERCUR VEIN, MIDDLE STREAK, AND UPPER VEIN.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID ALTERATION
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 220.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENGR. AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 89 , JUNE 18 , 1910 , P. 1273 - 1277
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