Mine detail: South Emerson Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

38.3594, -113.11691

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Zinc, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Moenkopi Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Milford Flat Stock
Associated type:	Diorite,Salt
Structure:	Basin & Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt., Eastern Limb Of N Trending Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Limonitization

References

MRDS	D005817
DEP	10087239
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: M S ABOU-SIED, 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD, U OF U MS THESIS (MAP)}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.