Emporia Mine

The Emporia Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,280 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Emporia Mine
Secondary: One Hundred and Ten Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Groom Creek District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Golden Dragon Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1919 -

Owner Name: Golden Dragon Mining And Milling Co. , Maywood Copper Co.
Years: 1919 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Granodiorite Rather Massive

Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N30w To N25w

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE

Comment (Location): BLM DISTRICT SHEET NO. 248 SHOWS THE EMPORIA CLAIM TO BE IN THE AREA OF THE SKY Y CAMP.

Comment (Deposit): RIBBON QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS 110 FT APART, EACH CONNECTED BY DRIFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MAP #248

Reference (Deposit): AZ MIN JOUR, 1919, V III #5 P. 23

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

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