Mine detail: Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.31164, -112.215

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Mercury, Arsenic, Silver
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BEDDED REPLACEMENT, VEIN
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1883

Geology

Structure:OPHIR ANTICLINE; FAULT SYSTEMS TRENDING NE, NS, NW., NW - STRIKING OPHIR ANTICLINE
Alteration processes:SILICIFICATION, SERICITE

References

MRDSM055168
DEP60000978
Reference{Deposit:: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 43, 1973}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932 , GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS, UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 173 , 171 P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , 672 P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968 , PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE US: USGS PROF. PAPER 610 , 283 P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J. E. AND EMMONS, S. F., 1895 , USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2 , PP. 343 - 455.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R. H., 1910 , MINES AND MILLS OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR MINES CO.: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL. 89 , P. 1273 - 1277.}{Deposit:: DERN, G. H., 1904 , GEOLOGY OF MERCUR.: MINES AND MINERALS, VOL. 24 , P. 543 - 45.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MICHOLS, I. L. AND PETERSON, L., 1970 , LEACHING GOLD BEARING MILL TAILINGS FROM MERCUR., UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 7395.}{Deposit:: FRANKLIN, W. J., AND MILLER, V., 1938 , METALLURGICAL DEVEL. AT MERCUR., UTAH: USBM TECH. PAPER 588 , 1938 , 42 P.}{Deposit:: SKILLIN* MINING REVIEW, MARCH 21, 1981, VOL. 70, NO. 12, P. 19.}