The Emily Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.59694, -111.64417
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Emily Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emily Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Emily Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND COBBED ORE ASSAYED 80 TO 100 DOLLARS PER TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Production): 18,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE VALUED AT 80-100 DOLLARS/TON MINED TO 1880.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1916, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COTTONWOOD - AMERICAN FORK MINING AREA, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620-I, P. 187.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 255-256.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP. GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, P. 256.
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