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Empire State

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  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 10044684
MRDS ID M232246
Record type Site
Current site name Empire State

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57342, 40.17963 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 048E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intrusive Cut From Vein Alterred To Pyrite, Sercite, Calcite, Quartz

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mill Canyon Stock
    Rock description Mill Canyon Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mill Canyon Stock
    Rock description Mill Canyon Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57342, 40.17963
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LODE IS EXPOSED IN THREE TUNNELS, THE VEIN WHICH AVERAGES 2 FEET WIDE IS OFFSET BY SMALL NORMAL FAULTS WHICH DIP SW (EMMONS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    EMMONS, W.H., (1910)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE FLOOR OF MILL CANYON, ON THE EAST SLOPE, ABOUT 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM OF THE SCHOOL HOUSE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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