The Emmet is a gold, fluorine-fluorite, and uranium mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.1264, -105.39940
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Emmet MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emmet
Secondary: Emmit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Jamestown
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942-1943
Mined: 16510.930 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO URANIUM PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: URANIUM MIN.: URANINITE (?), TORBERNITE, METATORBERNITE. ASSOC. MIN.: PYRITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QTZ, CHALCEDONY. HIGH GRADE FLUORSPAR VEIN IN BARREN BRECCIA ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 274-277
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 1, PG 40-42, PL. 10
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG 182
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