The Mercur Quarry is a silver and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.33278, -112.21833
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Mercur Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercur Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
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: Getty Oil Co.
Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomization, Sericitization, Limomitization, Kaolominzation And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): ONE LARGE PIT OF 2000 X 1400 X 500 FT.; FIVE SMALL PITS OF 150 X 120 X 100 FT., 150 X120 X 20 FT., 120 X 60 X 30 FT., 150 X 50 X 40 FT., 300 X60 X60 FT.; TWO ADITS (35 DEG.) CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH, OR GREYISH IN COLOUR. GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED ONLY IN THE CARBON RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS; AND THE FISSURE FILLINGS ARE NEGLIGIBLE. NEVERTHELESS THESE FISSURES WERE OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN LOCALIZING THE DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES IN WALLROCKS. UNALTERED ROCKS ARE BARREN. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE FN'ABLE THAN UNOXIDIZED ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCORODITE AND MELANTERITE
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHATTERED, FOLDED AND CRUMPLED. SHALES ARE BROWN TO BUFF, FN'ABLE AND PULVERIZED, SERICITIC, CALCAREOUS, CARBONACEOUS, AND KAOLIMITIC. LIMESTONES ARE JOINTED, BRECCIATED, DARK GRAY TO BLACK, CHERTY, DOLOMITIC, SILICIFIED AND IMPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF JASPEROID AND QUARTZ. EFFECTS ARE LIMONITIZATION ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT ON WALLROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J., ET.AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
Reference (Production): BISSELL, H.J., 19598 P. 214; SPURR, J.E., 1895, P.407
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