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Emerald

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020248
MRDS ID DC12869
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1194, 39.93189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2082
Relative position 0.3 MILES N OF MAMMOTH CITY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SPUR OF EUREKA PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Silicified

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1194, 39.93189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Are Overturned (N 10 E, 75 W); Emerald-Grand Central Fault (Undulatory, N 20 - 45 E, 50 - 70 Nw); Numerous Easterly Faults With Southerly Dips.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,000 FT SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS AND A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 202 - 203

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1930

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 740

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW VALUES OF CU, AU, PB PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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