The Emerson Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Emerson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emerson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Kaolin
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IT IS ASSUMED THAT SOME PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE STOPED AREAS OF THE MINE, BUT NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE KNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, M. S., 1968 , PH. D. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, M. S., AND WHELAN, J. A., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 46 .
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