The Empire Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,331 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: 5,331 Feet (1,625 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.60611, -117.02889
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Empire Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 2500 FT. SE OF SWEET MARIE MINE
Comment (Workings): CAVED SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): SOME COPPER ORE WAS PRODUCED HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT, AND A FEW TONS OF SORTED ORE FROM THE DUMPS WAS SHIPPED IN 1918. PRINCIPAL SHAFT, REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 300 FEET DEEP, IS NOW CAVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF COPPER PRODUCED IN EARLY DAYS AND IN 1918
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Nevada Gold
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.
