Emily Mine

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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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

Name: Emily Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

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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