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Emma Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179424
MRDS ID DC13183
MAS/MILS ID 0490230076
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Mine
Related records 10020411

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.45473, 39.85274 (WGS84)
Elevation 1510
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 011 S 014 W 20 NWNWNE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.45473, 39.85274
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.4M
    Length 100M
    Width 60M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Chipman Estate
    Interest 56
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Preston, Annie C.
    Interest 33
    Home office C/O Harry E. Barrett 105 N. 500 E. Amer. Fk
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    Interest 11
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE TONNAGE DETERMINED BY FIELD EVALUATOR FROM A-3(021)C/O HARRY E BARRETT 105 N 500 E AMERICAN FORK,U FROM A-3 (022) UTAH INTER. 550 CALIF. ST.,SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 244M
    Overall depth 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PRO. PAPER 111 BY B.S. BUTLER, PAGE 466 (1920)

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PAGE 32 (1963)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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