Utah · Tooele County
Producer

Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldArsenicCopperMercurySilver
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Description

L. Greely

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryArsenic, Copper, Mercury, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeBEDDED REPLACEMENT, VEIN
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlORE IS STRATIGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED AND BY NE TRENDING FISSURES
Geology
StructureOPHIR ANTICLINE; FAULT SYSTEMS TRENDING NE, NS, NW., NW - STRIKING OPHIR ANTICLINE
AlterationSILICIFICATION, SERICITE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1883
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID60000978
MRDS IDM055168
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates40.31164, -112.215
References
UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 43, 1973GILLULY, J., 1932 , GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS, UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 173 , 171 P.BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , 672 P.KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968 , PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE US: USGS PROF. PAPER 610 , 283 P.SPURR, J. E. AND EMMONS, S. F., 1895 , USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2 , PP. 343 - 455.ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL. 89 , P. 1273 - 1277.DERN, G. H., 1904 , GEOLOGY OF MERCUR.: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL. 24 , P. 543 - 45.HILLS, R. C., 1894 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CAMP FLOYD MINING DIST. TOOEL CO., UTAH: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROCEED., AUG. 6 , V. 5 , P. 54 - 65.GEMMELL, R. C., 1897 , CAMP FLOYD MINING DISTRICT AND THE MERCUR. MINES, UTAH: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., APRIL 24 , 1897 , P. 403 - 4 , 427 - 8.MICHOLS, I. L. AND PETERSON, L., 1970 , LEACHING GOLD BEARING MILL TAILINGS FROM MERCUR., UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 7395.FRANKLIN, W. J., AND MILLER, V., 1938 , METALLURGICAL DEVEL. AT MERCUR., UTAH: USBM TECH. PAPER 588 , 1938 , 42 P.SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, MARCH 21, 1981, VOL. 70, NO. 12, P. 19.