Mercur Mines

Mercur Mines is a past producer of gold, arsenic, mercury, silver in Tooele County, Utah, in USGS's large output class. USGS gives a discovery year of 1879. It is one of 252 historic gold producers USGS lists in Tooele County, and number 12 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Arsenic, Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Iron
Discovered
1879
County
Tooele County
State
Utah
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10012705

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

119 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Tooele County page lists the biggest.