The Empress is a mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,308 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: 9,308 Feet (2,837 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.73333, -105.57500
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Empress MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empress
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Central City
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
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Attillio Napolitano
Company ID: 500685
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1974
Owner Name: Bill Renfro
Company ID: 500685
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Autunite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Torbernite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2782, DATED 1953. A TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY GOLD BAR MINES, INC., COLO. IN WINZE TO BE EXPLORED, SAMPLES ASSAYED .14% U308. THE CLAIMS THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, IDAHO SPRINGS. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND MINE MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 152-FT. ADIT AND 15-FT. OF WINZE. DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE LENT FOR REHABILITATION WINZE AND FOR THE SINKING OF ADDITIONAL WINZE. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CONTROLLER IS MTN. STATES URAN., OF COLO.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 63
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bull 1032-b
Reference (Deposit): REF:MAS, OWNER: ROBERT CARSWELL
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