Emerald Prospect

The Emerald Prospect is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,831 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Emerald Prospect
Secondary: Tintic Gold Mining Co.

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Southwest Extension Of Grand Central Fault

Type: L
Description: Two Vein Like Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): SHAFT 1020 FT DEEP

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S?

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MAMMOTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION, IF ANY, WAS VERY MINOR

Comment (Deposit): SMALL PILE OF JASPEROID ON DUMP

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION FROM 2100 LEVEL OF GRAND CENTRAL FOUND LOW GRADE GOLD-COPPER-SILVER ORE NEAR EMERALD. OLD DIAMOND SHAFT TO SOUTHEAST EXPLORED STEEP NE FRACTURE

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CRANE, G.W., 1945, REPORT ON THE TINTIC GOLD MINING PROPERTY, UNPUBLSHED REPORT IN WRITER'S FILES.

Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER, 1937, NEW YORK P. 926.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

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