Emmett Mining and Milling

Occurrence in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094824
MRDS ID DC13391
Record type Site
Current site name Emmett Mining and Milling

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -111.73585, 41.72447 (WGS84)
Elevation 2298
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Cache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Direct Replacement Of Sphalerite By Smithsonite At The Surface.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -111.73585, 41.72447

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE IS CUT BY A WEAKLY MINERALIZED WEST-NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1926

Mining district

District name Richmond District

Comments on the production information

  • TEST LOT SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1926, 1927, 1930

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-78 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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