The Mercur Canyon Prospect is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.31639, -112.20556
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Mercur Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercur Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Getty Oil Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): WALL ROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. ORE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE GRAY, CHERTY AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE GREENISH TO BLACK, HIGHLY PULVERIZED AND CRUMPLED. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ARE COMMON IN THE HOSTROCKS
Comment (Workings): PIT AND TRENCHES
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): BUTTLER,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.
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