| Deposit ID | 10047138 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242389 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Empress Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Central Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 1190, 1191, 1192 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.30758, 37.26578 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | IN MAJOR WASH NORTH OF GOLD MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)
Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008S | 042E | 07 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Hyalite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sylvania Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Sylvania Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -117.30758, 37.26578 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Minor Post-Mineral Faulting Of Small Displacement. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tokop (Gold Mountain) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242389 |
BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 182-189
USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
SMITH-BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 7 MAY 83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN OR ZONE 1.5-6 FT WIDE. GOLD VALUES ARE HIGH WHERE PYRITE HAS BEEN OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE AND HEMATITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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