Mine detail: Empire Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.36077, -112.24358

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Bir * Eye Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, And Fold
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC12208
DEP	10020032
Reference	{Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 140-141}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan