Utah · Tooele County
Occurrence

Mercur Prospect #6

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldMercurySilverArsenicIronAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Silver, Arsenic, Iron
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012697
MRDS IDD008534
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.33133, -112.21302
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.