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Empire Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044017
MRDS ID M231333
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Mine
Related records 10310309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02983, 40.60601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1625
Relative position 7 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2500 FT. SE OF SWEET MARIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02983, 40.60601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF COPPER PRODUCED IN EARLY DAYS AND IN 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED SHAFT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME COPPER ORE WAS PRODUCED HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT, AND A FEW TONS OF SORTED ORE FROM THE DUMPS WAS SHIPPED IN 1918. PRINCIPAL SHAFT, REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 300 FEET DEEP, IS NOW CAVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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