Mine detail: Emerald

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.93189, -112.1194
dep_id: 10020248
mrds_id: DC12869
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Wad
alteration: Limestone Is Silicified
Reporter: Unknown, Wong, George (Morris, H.T.)
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Beds Are Overturned (N 10 E, 75 W); Emerald-Grand Central Fault (Undulatory, N 20 - 45 E, 50 - 70 Nw); Numerous Easterly Faults With Southerly Dips.
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 202 - 203
  • Deposit:: USBM MIN. RES. 1930
  • Deposit:: TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 740
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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