Emma Mine Pit

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10103579
MRDS ID	M031292
Record type	Site
Current site name	Emma Mine Pit
Alternate or previous names	Now Part of the Liberty Pit, Tonopah Pit
Related records	10247228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-115.00448, 39.25494 (WGS84)
Elevation	2073
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Nevada	White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
	16N	62E	16		Nevada

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Copper	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-115.00448, 39.25494	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

DEPOSIT OCCURS IN AN E TRENDING ZONE 6 MILES LONG, UP TO 3000 FEET WIDE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Robinson

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M031292

Bibliographic references

Deposit

HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1979	Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph)	U.S. Geological Survey