Emily Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021019
MRDS ID DC14698
Record type Site
Current site name Emily Mine
Related records 10130490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64496, 40.59688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 1,500 FT S14E OF FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 32 NW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result HAND COBBED ORE ASSAYED 80 TO 100 DOLLARS PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64496, 40.59688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, UNKNOWN
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emily Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 18,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE VALUED AT 80-100 DOLLARS/TON MINED TO 1880.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1916, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COTTONWOOD - AMERICAN FORK MINING AREA, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620-I, P. 187.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 255-256.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP. GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.

  • Production

    BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, P. 256.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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