The Brickyard Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,781 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.32694, -112.20972
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Brickyard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brickyard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Antimony
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.
Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Limonitization, And Silicitication
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AN MORE FRIABLE THAN THE UNOXIDIZED (BASE) ORE, IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCORODITE AND MELENTERITE
Comment (Workings): ONE VERTICAL SHAFT AND TWO ADITS, ALL CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; MORE THAN SIX PITS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, WITH LENGTHS FROM 80 TO 700 FT., WIDTH FROM 50 TO 120 FT., AND DEPTH 20 TO 50 FT.; ONE TRENCH 100X20FT; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBOU-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERULENT, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GRAYISH IN COLOR. THE ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS; AND THE FISSURE FILLINGS ARE NEGLIGIBLE NEVERTHELESS THESE FISSURES WERE OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN LOCALIZING THE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED, AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARKGRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIZED, SILICIFIED AND IMPREGNATED WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINS. SHALES ARE GREENISHGRAY TO BLACK, CARBONACEOUS, SILICEOUS, SERICITIC, KAOLIRITIC AND HIGHLY PULVERIZED. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE COMMON ON WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID.
References
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P.124
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.
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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