Empire Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027859
MRDS ID M004230
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Mine
Related records 10259362

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17608, 35.42362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 21 MI SE OF KINGMAN, ABOUT 2 MI NNE OF CHLORIDE IN A NE GEULCH OF TENNESSEE WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024N 018W 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE IN SEC 27 INSTEAD OF 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2% V & MO, 2-14% AU & AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17608, 35.42362

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regio Nally

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INSTRUSION, ICRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. F. Thompson
    First year 1909
  • Type Owner
    Owner Raymond, William
    First year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED FROM EMPIRE AND SILVER UNION MINES . ABOUT $70,000 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1909

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED HIGH GRADE AU, AG, & PB ORES IN SMALL LOTS AND SOLD IN KIN GMAN. IN 1941 THERE WAS AN INCLINED 200 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH TUNNELS, CR OSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATTENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004230 WITH RE CORD M030363 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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