Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Mercur Mine #4

Tooele County, Utah, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012694
MRDS IDD008529
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32577, -112.20886
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, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173, 167P.BUTTLER, B.S., ET. 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.MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.