Mercur Mine #3

The Mercur Mine #3 is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mercur Mine #3

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
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.

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 And Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Realgar
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES AND FISSURES IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.

Comment (Workings): TWO PITS OF 100X80X50 AND 60X30X10 FT. SIZE; TWO INCLINES (755W), CAVED;

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE RIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GREAY, CHERT, DOLOMITIC AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE BULUENIZED, GREENISH GRAY, CARBONACCOUS, KAOLIMITIC AND SENCITIC. WALLROCKS SLROIN LIMONITIC STEINS; AND VEIN PREGNATED WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINS.

References

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.

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.

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