Golden Empire

The Golden Empire is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Golden Empire  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.68111, -114.84972

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Golden Empire MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golden Empire


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Eldorado


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: John S. Sartain


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $50,000

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 4 SHAFTS, EACH 100 FT. DEEP, AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS TOTALLING 1000 FEET.

Comment (Geology): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS, FEW INCHES TO 2.5 FEET WIDE


References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, F. L., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 33 .

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, W. O., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 181 .

Reference (Production): LONGWELL, C. R., ETAL, 1965 , P. 181


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.