The Empire Mine is a silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 35.42361, -114.17528
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Empire Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Raymond, William
Years: 1909 -
Owner Name: E. F. Thompson
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2% V & MO, 2-14% AU & AG
Materials
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MAY BE IN SEC 27 INSTEAD OF 35
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004230 WITH RE CORD M030363 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED FROM EMPIRE AND SILVER UNION MINES . ABOUT $70,000 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1909
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATTENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): WORKED HIGH GRADE AU, AG, & PB ORES IN SMALL LOTS AND SOLD IN KIN GMAN. IN 1941 THERE WAS AN INCLINED 200 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH TUNNELS, CR OSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INSTRUSION, ICRET
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, 1924, USGS BULL 750-B
Reference (Production): DINGS, 1951; SCHRADER, 1909
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