The Empire Mine is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.6986, -115.28390
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Empire Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Rocky Bar District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, LENSES, BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED ASSAYS SHOW 3 - 4 OZ AU PER TON. ORE FROM HIGH GRADE STREAKS ASSAYED $120/TON IN AU AND AG
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): 2 Sets Of Fractures, One Trends N 30 Deg W And Dips Sw, The Other Trends E-W And Dips Vertically.
Comment (Workings): There Was An Undetermined Amount Of Tunneling In Addition To The 630 Ft Reported
Comment (Deposit): A Funnel - Shaped Glory Hole 18 Ft Deep And 20 Ft In Diameter At The Top, Was Mined In The Late 1930'S
Comment (Location): On The West Side Of Blake'S Gulch, Directly Across From The Mountain Goat.
Comment (Development): 2 Claims, 5 Tunnels With Caved Portals, A 1/2 Ton Mill
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 31
Reference (Deposit): Wagner, W.R.T., 1939, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar District, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 32 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65 P. 30
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