The Mercur Mine #1 is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.32528, -112.20528
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Mercur Mine #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercur Mine #1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
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: 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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Fault And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Limonitization, Kaolimization, And Silification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): ONE PIT OF 120X100X100 FT SIZE
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES AND FISSURES IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY FRACTURED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIC, SILICIFIED AND IMPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ, JASPEROID AND CALCITE. SHALES ARE FRIABLE, GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, CARBONACEOUS, SERICITIC, SILICEOUS, AND KAOLIMITIC. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE VERY COMMON 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): 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.
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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