Emma Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020411
MRDS ID DC13183
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Mine
Related records 10179424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45527, 39.853 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position MINE IS LABELED ON TOPO MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER MINERALS: SMITHSONITE, AURICHALCITE, WULFENITE, HYDROZINCITE, WILLEMITE, LIMONITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Willemite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation Of Ore.

Analytical data

Result 1955 : CHANNEL SAMPLE 0.01 OZ AU, 31.4 OZ AG, 5.5 % PB, 4.2 % ZN, 40.2 % SILICA, 26.4 % CARBONATE, 17.2 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Notch Peak Formation
    Rock description Notch Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45527, 39.853

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N70 W & East-West
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 57.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1925
Production years ITEM 1: 1925-1926, 1934, OTHERS

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Chipman (Estate)
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • DUMPS SUGGEST SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • HEYL REPORTS THE MINE TO BE THE 3RD LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, BUT NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., & MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W. J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B. S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A. V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1976, OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references