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Empire No. 2 Shaft.

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103730
MRDS ID M050016
Record type Site
Current site name Empire No. 2 Shaft.
Alternate or previous names Gold Coin
Related records 10185859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05649, 32.01819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES SW OF TOWN OF DRAGOON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 22E 11,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTRAL SEC. 11, N CENTRAL SEC. 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partially Silicated Limestone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05649, 32.01819
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HORQUILLA LIMESTONE PARTIALLY SILICATED AND CUT BY SMALL QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empire Gold And Copper Mining Co.
    First year 1913
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn Burrell
    Home office Dragoon, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 75 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1930 TO 1932.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE IN ALL ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND A CONNECTING RAISE ROUGHLY 150 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1913 BY EMPIRE GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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