The Mercur Mining District is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Mercur Mining District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercur Mining District
Secondary: Camp Floyd
Secondary: Sunshine West Dip
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: MERCUR MINING DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: BEDDED REPLACEMENT, FISSURE VEINS
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Structure: Anticline
Description: NW-STRIKING ANTICLINE
Type: L
Structure: Anticline
Description: OPHIR ANTICLINE
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, JAMES, 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF, AND HEIKES, V. C. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, MH, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., AND EMMONS, S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN REPORT PT 2 P. 343-455
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, R. H., 1910, MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO: ENG AND MIN JOUR VOL 89 P. 1273-1277.
Reference (Deposit): DERN, G. H., 1904, GEOL. OF MERCUR: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL 24, P. 543-45.
Reference (Deposit): HILLS, R. C., 1894, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CAMP FLOYD MINING DIST, TOOELE CO., UTAH: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROCEED, AUG 6.
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