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Empire Workings Shaft #1

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039380
MRDS ID M050001
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Workings Shaft #1
Alternate or previous names Empire No 1 Shaft
Related records 10112412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0851, 32.10151 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 1 1/2 MILE W OF TOWN OF JOHNSON ON EAST SLOPE OF JOHNSON PEAK

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)

Willcox Playa(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 15S 22E 27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED. CU STAINS ALONG JOINT & SHEAR SURFACES

Alteration

  • (Local) Formations Almost Unmetamorphosed

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) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation Cambrian Shale, Impure Limestone And Sandy Dolomite;Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Abrigo Formation Cambrian Shale, Impure Limestone And Sandy Dolomite;Bolsa Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0851, 32.10151
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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 Faults Overriding To Ne

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints And Shear Surfaces

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UNMETAMORPHOSED BOLSA AND ABRIGO FORMATIONS ARE SHEARED AND JOINTED. CU STAINS OCCUR ON THESE SURFACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOVE FIGURES PERTAIN TO THE NO 1 SHAFT. THE 3 ADITS HAVE ABOUT 1000 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. ADITS ALSO HAVE A RAISE OF 150 FEET. SHAFT NO 1 NOW FILLED

Comments on development

  • SHAFT NO 1 IS APPROX 1500 FEET EAST OF THE 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER, L.T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R. 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156

  • 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

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

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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