Mine detail: Mercur Canyon Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.31911, -112.22886

Resource(N)

Primary: Limestone, General
Ore: Calcite, Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Great Blue Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Faults, Fissures, Fractures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSD008503
DEP10087662
Reference{Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.}{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:: HYATT, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.}{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.}{Production:: MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan