The Emma Mine is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.20944, -113.46889
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Emma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emma Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURE FILLINGS AND PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Limestone Belong To The Blue Mountain Thrust Plate
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE OUTCROP ORES ASSAY $5.00/TON IN GOLD. 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 55.1 % FE, 10.4 % SILICA, 0.3 % S, 0.11 % P, 0.81 % MN.
Materials
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF FLUXING WAS SHIPPED.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: FLUXING ORE
Comment (Deposit): COPPER OCCURS IN A VEIN ON THE 100 FT LEVEL OF THE EMMA SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PITS, ADITS, A 220 FT SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS TOTALING 1,000 FT.
Comment (Commodity): HEMATITE IS HARD AND OCHEROUS
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 88 , P. 13
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-25-1971
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