Mine detail: Mercur Mine #8

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.33216, -112.22219

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Mercury, Arsenic, Iron
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

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 Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008536
DEP	10012699
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 EXAMINATION:U.G.M.S.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan