Mine detail: Emma Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.853, -113.45527

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite, Wulfenite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	ITEM 1: 1925-1926, 1934, OTHERS
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Notch Peak Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline, The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N70 W & East-West
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Complete Oxidation Of Ore.

References

MRDS	DC13183
DEP	10020411
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, L. I., & MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B}{Deposit:: OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1}{Deposit:: CHRISTENSEN, W. J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B. S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON HEYL, A. V., USGS BULL. 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22}{Production:: PERRY, L. I., 1976, OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}
Reporter	Unknown, Everts, Mike L.