Mine detail: Mercur Mine #4

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.32577, -112.20886

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008529
DEP10012694
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, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173, 167P.}{Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S., ET. 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.}{Production:: MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan