The Manning Canyon Prospect #1 is a mercury and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.31389, -112.19250
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Manning Canyon Prospect #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manning Canyon Prospect #1
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
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: Limonite
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
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 AE PULVERIZED. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ARE COMMON IN HOST ROCKS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): PIT AND TRENCHES
References
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 (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOOK 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.
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