Mine detail: Mercur Mine #2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.32744, -112.20747

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Mercury, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Dolmitization, Sericitization, Kaolimization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008526
DEP	10012693
Reference	{Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S., ER,. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan