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Mercur Mine, Mercur Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mercur Mine | Mine |
| Mercur Mining District | Mining District |
| Tooele County | County |
| Utah | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 18' 56'' North , 112° 12' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fort | 383 (2017) | 9.1km |
| Cedar Valley | 871 (2013) | 11.1km |
| Fairfield | 130 (2017) | 11.6km |
| Eagle Mountain | 27,332 (2017) | 17.3km |
| Stockton | 642 (2017) | 19.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tooele Gem & Mineral Society | Tooele, Utah | 25km |
| Rockhounders Outreach for Community Knowledge | Sandy, Utah | 41km |
| Timpanogos Gem & Mineral Society | Provo, Utah | 48km |
A former Au-Ag-Hg-As-Ba(baryte) occurrence/mine located in the E½ sec. 6, T6S, R3W, SLM. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters.
[Different from South Mercur pit?]
Local rocks include Mississippian (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah.
NOTE: The update of this file is only partially complete and is a work in progress.
Revival Gold acquired the Mercur Gold Project from Ensign Minerals (“Ensign”) in May 2024. The project consists of approximately 6,255 hectares (15,460 acres) of mineral interests in Utah’s Mercur District, where the known mineralization occurs on primarily privately held patented claims. The property holdings include Mercur, West Mercur, South Mercur and North Mercur. The Mercur Project was created by way of five key agreements with mining companies, four leases with private parties and the staking of additional mining claims.
In May 2021, Ensign entered into an option agreement with Barrick to acquire 100% of Barrick Gold’s (“Barrick”) interests in the Mercur area. Barrick’s interests include 996 net hectares (2,460 acres) of mineral interests.
Historically, 2.6 million ounces of gold were produced from the Mercur District, including approximately 1.5 million ounces of gold produced from Mercur by Getty Oil Company and later Barrick during the period of 1983 to 1998. Barrick closed the mine due to low gold prices, and substantially completed reclamation of the Mercur site.
A lot of information including maps: https://wp-revivalgold-2023.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/media/2024/05/Revival-Ensign_NI43-101Mercur_2024_-LGGC-FINAL-May-24.pdf
Therefore the location should be updated....
The (Main) Mercur Mine are Rover pit, Marion Hill pit, Golden Gate pit, Mercur Hill pit and the Sacramento pit.
The Lulu cut ("Lulu graben" is part of the Mercur Hill pit (most probably NOT South Mercur Mine as described in American Mineralogist, Volume 76, pages 653-656, 1991):
Lulu graben, a 75m-wide east-northeast “keystone” fault zone in the Mercur Hill pit that down-dropped a wedge of highly mineralized Mercur Beds against weakly mineralized Lower Great Blue (Topliff) Member (Kerr, 1997)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
18 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Adelite Formula: CaMg(AsO4)(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 References: |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Irhtemite Formula: Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O References: |
| ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 References: |
| ⓘ Lorándite Formula: TlAsS2 References: |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 References: |
| ⓘ Orpiment Formula: As2S3 |
| ⓘ Picropharmacolite Formula: Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Realgar Formula: As4S4 |
| ⓘ Stibiconite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 References: |
| ⓘ Variscite Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Realgar | 2.FA.15a | As4S4 |
| ⓘ | Orpiment | 2.FA.30 | As2S3 |
| ⓘ | Lorándite | 2.HD.05 | TlAsS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | var. Selenite | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Adelite | 8.BH.35 | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Variscite | 8.CD.10 | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Irhtemite | 8.CG.55 | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| ⓘ | Picropharmacolite | 8.CH.15 | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Adelite | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Picropharmacolite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| H | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Adelite | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Picropharmacolite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Adelite | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| Mg | ⓘ Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| Mg | ⓘ Picropharmacolite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Variscite | AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Lorándite | TlAsS2 |
| S | ⓘ Orpiment | As2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Native Sulphur | S8 |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Adelite | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Picropharmacolite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Adelite | CaMg(AsO4)(OH) |
| As | ⓘ Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O |
| As | ⓘ Lorándite | TlAsS2 |
| As | ⓘ Orpiment | As2S3 |
| As | ⓘ Picropharmacolite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
| As | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Tl | Thallium | |
| Tl | ⓘ Lorándite | TlAsS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10020050 |
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Mercur Mine, Mercur Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA