Mercur Cemetery

Mercur Cemetery is a cemetery in Tooele County, Utah and has an elevation of 5,804 feet.

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Mercur

Hamlet

Photo: Philkon, Public domain.

Mercur is a historical hard rock mining ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. In 1891, it became the site of the first successful use of the cyanide process of gold extraction in the United States, the dominant metallurgy today. Mercur is situated 2½ miles northeast of Mercur Cemetery.

Ophir

Hamlet

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Ophir is a census-designated place in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24 at the 2020 census, a decrease of 14 from the 2010 figure of 38. Ophir is situated 4½ miles north of Mercur Cemetery.

Mercur Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Categories: historic site and burial
Location: Tooele County, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.30513° or 40° 18′ 19″ north

Longitude

-112.25862° or 112° 15′ 31″ west

Elevation

5,804 feet (1,769 metres)

Open location code

85G98P4R+3H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38133835

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

7133526

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