Ingersoll Mine

The Ingersoll Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ingersoll Mine

Commodity

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

Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extensio(

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Talc

Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED;LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GRAYISH IN COLOR. THE ORE IS FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE HOSTROCKS. FISSURES WERE IMPORTANT IN LOCALIZING THE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT KNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED IN ALTERED WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ, AND JASPEROID.

Comment (Workings): ONE VERTICAL SHAFT; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE SHEARED AND ALTERED. SHALES ARE GREENISH GRAY, PULVERIZED, SERICITIC, CARBONACEOUS, CALCAREOUS, KAOLIMITIC AND SILICEOUS. LIMESTONES ARE DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE COMMON IN THE HOSTROCKS.

References

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.

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): GILLULY, J., 1932, P.137-139

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.

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