Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Mercur Mine #2

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldMercuryArsenicSilverAntimonyIron
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
AlterationDolmitization, Sericitization, Kaolimization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012693
MRDS IDD008526
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32744, -112.20747
References
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.BUTTLER, B.S., ER,. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.