Consolidated Mercur Co.

The Consolidated Mercur Co. is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah.

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Mine Info

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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

Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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