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Search for land and properties near Mercur, Utah using our custom MLS search. Our Mercur Real Estate Guide features current listings using a 5-mile radius search centered on this historic gold mining ghost town in the Oquirrh Mountains of Tooele County.

Mercur is a ghost town in Tooele County with a layered and fascinating history stretching back to 1870, when gold was discovered at the head of Lewiston Canyon about six miles west of present-day Cedar Fort. The original settlement, known as Lewiston, experienced a brief gold rush peaking around 1873 before silver brought a second boom — producing over a million dollars in silver bullion before the ore gave out and the town went quiet by 1880. The area was reborn when Bavarian miner Arie Pinedo discovered cinnabar deposits containing both gold and mercury in 1879, and by 1891 Mercur had become the site of the first successful use of the cyanide gold extraction process in the United States — a metallurgical breakthrough that transformed gold mining across the country. The town was later destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and ultimately abandoned as the ore played out. The nearby Mercur Gold Mine was reopened by Barrick Gold in 1985 and has since undergone reclamation. Today the townsite sits on private mining land in a remote Oquirrh Mountain canyon, making it one of Utah's more inaccessible but historically significant ghost town sites. The surrounding terrain offers open land and dramatic mountain scenery that appeals to buyers seeking remote Tooele County acreage.

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Olivia Pelton has helped buyers and sellers across the Wasatch Front since 2017, with 156 homes sold.

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5522 W Burntside Ave, South Jordan, UT 84009

Just listed a row-end townhome at 5522 W Burntside Ave in South Jordan's Daybreak community, priced at $349,999. The owner had been referred to me and called to list, so…

Just listed a row-end townhome at 5522 W Burntside Ave in South Jordan's Daybreak community, priced at $385,000. The owner h...

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Near 50 East, Orem UT 84057

Spent Friday afternoon showing a couple of homes in Orem, Utah, both established single-level properties priced in the low-to-mid $400,000s. Neither ended up being quite the right fit for my…

Olivia Pelton

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Near East 200 North, Wellington UT 84542

I just closed the sale of my clients’ 4-bedroom, 1-bath home of about 1,836 square feet in Wellington, UT. We handled every step together, from pricing and preparing the home…

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Near West 300 South Street, Orem UT 84058

Another closing for my buyers, this time a 4-unit multi-family property in Orem, UT. It was a pleasure guiding them through the purchase.

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Near Aspen Leaf Place, Draper UT 84020

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Near 1380 South, Payson UT 84651

My clients are now the proud owners of a 5-bedroom, 3-bath home of about 2,620 square feet in Payson, UT. I was glad to help them find it and get…

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