Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Mercur Mine #1

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldMercuryArsenicSilverAntimonyIron
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Fault And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Limonitization, Kaolimization, And Silification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087671
MRDS IDD008525
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32522, -112.20608
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.