Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Mercur Mine #7

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldSilverArsenicAntimonyMercuryIron
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10097827
MRDS IDD008535
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32827, -112.22274
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.