Empire Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10078283
MRDS ID W026540
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Mine
Related records 10208330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34867, 46.75573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 006W 33,34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SLOPE OF MOUNT BELMONT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $30/TON AU, AG, CU, PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Marysville Stock
    Rock description Marysville Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Empire Shale
    Rock description Empire Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34867, 46.75573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pinching And Swelling Of Vein As If By A Fold Or Fault, Area Marked By The Coon Gulch Marysville Stock Marysville Stock

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 457.2M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 146.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Within Metamorphosed Empire Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • EMPIRE SHALE METAMORPHOSED IN THIS AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Herbert Carver, 802 - 5th Ave Helena Mt 59601
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fritsche, Albert
    Home office Point Lookout, New Ulm, Mn 56073

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED 162,000 DOLLARS WORTH IN THE YEARS 1938 AND 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 146.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS LENGTH COMBINED FOR EMPIRE MINE AND THOSE OF THE M & L. THERE IS NO MEANS BY WHICH DISTINGUISHMENT CAN BE MADE. TRAVERMAN REFERENCE INDICATES 6000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 60 STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS PERSISTANT, MUCH OF IT IS SUGARY AND IN GENERAL IT IS MORE OR LESS BANDED STREAKED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references