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Golden Empire

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037161
MRDS ID M031035
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Empire
Related records 10149785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85054, 35.68111 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF NELSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026S 064E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85054, 35.68111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 60 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS, FEW INCHES TO 2.5 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eldorado

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John S. Sartain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $50,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 4 SHAFTS, EACH 100 FT. DEEP, AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS TOTALLING 1000 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, F. L., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 33 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, W. O., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 181 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, C. R., ETAL, 1965 , P. 181

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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