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Empire Nevada M & S Co.

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037694
MRDS ID M035867
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Nevada M & S Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.20487, 38.94685 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF SINGATSE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 025E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION BASED ON WEAK DESCRIPTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.20487, 38.94685
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • "FAIR" GRADE CU CARBONATE, SILICATE AND PYRITE IN PORPHYRITIC GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yerington

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alvin J. Smith
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • EST. PROD. 75 TONS PER WEEK OF 10 PERCENT CU ORE IN 1912

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND ADITS EXPLOTING OXIDE, CARBONATE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARCH 16 , 1907 , MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 10 , 1912 , MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

  • Production

    F (3)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT
Deposit "AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR WALKER RIVER TOWARD THE FOOTHILLS INCLUDING LOW HILLS AND A FLAT" COMPANY BELIEVED TO HAVE INCORPORATED NUMEROUS OTHER CLAIMS AND HOLDINGS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. A SEGMENT OF THESE CLAIMS LATER BECAME PART OF ANACONDAS YERINGTON OPEN PIT OPERATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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