Halladay Mercury Property

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

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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Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8..31: UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, DENVER, COLORADO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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