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Empire Star Mines Co

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007516
MRDS ID C011464
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Star Mines Co
Related records 10213238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.00742, 39.26683 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position E NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 02,06,07,27,34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.00742, 39.26683
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N - S And E - W Fissures Forming Rhombohedral Blocks

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 P. 392 - 393 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 576 - 577 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED IN 1929 , THE CO. TOOK OVER THE COE, CROWN POINT, HERMOSA, ROCKY BAR, GOLD HILL, HUDSON BAY, GRANGE, NORTH STAR, EAST STAR, CENTRAL, NEW YORK HILL, GRANITE HILL, PENNSYLVAINIA - W.Y.O.D. - GOLDEN TREASURE - TELEGRAPH, CASSIDY, BOWERY, EMPIRE - NEW OPHIR - DAISY HILL, OMAHA - LONE JACK, HOMEWARD BOUND AND WISCONSIN (MENLO), (THE LAST FOUR BELONGING TO OLD EMPIRE WEST HOLDINGS), ORLEANS - PRESCOTT HILL - KINGS HILL, HEVSTON HILL - SEBASTOPOL - BIGGS SIMS & ELECTRIC & MANY OTHERS. FOR DETAILS, SEE SPECIFIC CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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