The Probert Mine is a mercury mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.45027, -113.12504
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Probert Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Probert Mine
Secondary: Congar Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Marysvale District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dan Probert
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: Dan Probert, Blake Probert
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Stibnite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Production): DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1930'S. TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN 200 FLASKS
Comment (Development): RETORT
Comment (Deposit): ERRATICALLY MINERALIZED ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 30 BY 40 FT OPEN CUT. 132 FT. ADIT. ONE SMALL WINZE AND ONE SHALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR ASSOC. WITH BARITE VEIN IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE ON A FAULT. MODERATELY DIPPING PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND SHALE INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCK.
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD AND O'FARRELL, 1932
Reference (Deposit): U.S. 88TH CONGR. 2ND SESS., 1964, COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS. COMM. PRINT 26-976
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