Mine detail: Emma Mine

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Location: Rich County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.72271, -111.06356
dep_id: 10041744
mrds_id: M057497
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Whitlockite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Crawford Mt. Syncline
Reporter: Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Rex Chert Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Weber Sandstone;Brazer Limestone
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust
tectonic: Crawford Mts.
Year first produced: 1954
disc_yr: 1897
References:
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: KING, D.L., 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEM. CO.: IAG FIFTEENTH ANN. FIELD CONF.
  • Deposit:: WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO. MINES: U.S.B.M. IC-7849
  • Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.
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