| Deposit ID | 10042162 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058533 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Emerald Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Tintic Gold Mining Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11968, 39.93217 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2082 |
| Relative position | 3100 FT S 7 W OF EUREKA PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 003W | 25 | NE OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ajax Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Ajax Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.11968, 39.93217 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southwest Extension Of Grand Central Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Two Vein Like Zones |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 274.32M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Overall depth | 640.08M |
| Overall length | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058533 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
CRANE, G.W., 1945, REPORT ON THE TINTIC GOLD MINING PROPERTY, UNPUBLSHED REPORT IN WRITER'S FILES.
MINES REGISTER, 1937, NEW YORK P. 926.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL PILE OF JASPEROID ON DUMP |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870S? |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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