Empire

Prospect in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113457
MAS/MILS ID 0040150476
Record type Site
Current site name Empire
Alternate or previous names Big Four

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.76409, 35.12672 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hualapai Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 N 014 W 09 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.76409, 35.12672

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John M Cochrane
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR EMPIRE MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    FLAGG A L VANADIUM REPORT BOOK 8 P 5

  • Deposit

    BASTIN E S ORIGIN OF CERTAIN RICH SILVER ORES NEAR CHLORIDE

  • Deposit

    AND KINGMAN AZ USGS 750B 1925 P 21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.