The Empire Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.7075, -110.06111
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Empire Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire Mine
Secondary: Empire Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Fissures, Brecciated Limestone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Recrystallized, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorspar
Ore: Lead
Ore: Copper
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN IRREGULAR PIPES AND BEDED DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ALONG A SERIES OF ANTICLINAL ROLLS CUT BY A STRONG DIKE-FILLED FAULT AND "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF TOMBSTONE'S FIRST PRODUCERS, FROM BOTH EMPIRE AND TOUGHNUT SHAFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): GREEN AND PURPLE FLUORSPAR
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): OVER 10,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S, OUTPUT INCLUDED WITH TOUGHNUT AND EMPIRE, AND TOMBSTONE GROUP
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3, 4.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 75.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, 1903, AIME TRANS, V. 33, P. 3-37.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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