The Halladay Mercury Property is a mercury mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.66694, -112.59889
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Halladay Mercury Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Halladay Mercury Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Timpie Canyon (Free Coinage)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: R. S. Halladay
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Anticline, Broad Canyon Reverse Fault, Unconformity Between Cambrian Units And Gardner Dolomite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.03 PERCENT BEO FROM GRAB SAMPLE OF DUMP MATERIAL.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., PERSONAL FILES, USGS
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8..31: UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, DENVER, COLORADO
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON USBM-FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON USBM-INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31, DENVER, COLORADO
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