Brickyard

The Brickyard is a gold, silver, mercury, and arsenic mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Brickyard  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic

Lat, Long: 40.3275, -112.21278

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Brickyard MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Brickyard
Secondary: Consolidated Mercur Co.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Arsenic


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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): PROD. 1943

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL WINZES AND AN INCLINE

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN FOLLOWS THE UNDER SIDE OF A SHEET OF PORPHYRY.


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM YEARBOOK 1943, P. 481

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

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 11-21-1958


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