Empire No. 2 Shaft.

The Empire No. 2 Shaft. is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Empire No. 2 Shaft.
Secondary: Gold Coin

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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

Owner Name: Lynn Burrell
Home Office: Dragoon, Az.

Owner Name: Empire Gold And Copper Mining Co.
Years: 1913 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partially Silicated Limestone.

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): S CENTRAL SEC. 11, N CENTRAL SEC. 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SOME 75 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1930 TO 1932.

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1913 BY EMPIRE GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HORQUILLA LIMESTONE PARTIALLY SILICATED AND CUT BY SMALL QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE IN ALL ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND A CONNECTING RAISE ROUGHLY 150 FT LONG

References

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 59.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

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