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Empress

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033974
MRDS ID M020631
Record type Site
Current site name Empress
Related records 10284745

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5034, 36.31414 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST SLOPE OF ZINC HILL; 6 AIRLINE-MILES NE OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 041E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5034, 36.31414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 35 N
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 1946 - 1949 : COMPLEX ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 25.4 % PB, 6.95 % ZN, 13.9 OZ. AG 1.77 % CU AND MINOR GOLD. 1951 SHIPMENT CONTAINED 26.4 % PB, 3.34 % ZN, 6.8 OZ AG, SOME COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. ADIT AND 200 FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 470

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 69 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 470 (SEE REF)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE NEAR LIMESTONE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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