The Geyser-Marion is a silver and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.325, -112.21250
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Geyser-Marion MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Geyser-Marion
Secondary: Franklin
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHEETLIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zones, Fault Zones ( N 70 E, 90 ).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1897 , AVERAGE VALUE $7/TON
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL EST. PROD. $500,000 FROM 1935-1938; PROD. 1940; 1943-44
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ROOF OF THE ORE DEPOSIT IS TRACED ALONG AN ALTERED PORPHYRY. CHIEF ORE IS A CHERTY LIMESTONE. THE ORE FOLLOWS THE FAULT ZONES FROM BED TO BED. VERY LITTLE ORE OCCURS IN THE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Location): GEYSER AND MARION WERE COMBINED IN 1897 .
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 395.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1937-45
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.
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