Emma Mine

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107830
MRDS ID D002813
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Mine
Related records 10203061, 10301127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65079, 40.58327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2667

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 31 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65079, 40.58327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alta

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMMA ORE BODY IS REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIA ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE BEDS OF JEFFERSON DOLOMITE AND MADISON LIMESTONE. SEVERAL N-S FAULTS ASSOCIATED WITH REED AND BENSON THRUST FAULT ALSO AFFECT ORE DEPOSITION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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