Empire Mine

The Empire Mine is a silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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

Name: Empire Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 35.42361, -114.17528

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Empire Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Empire Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Raymond, William
Years: 1909 -

Owner Name: E. F. Thompson
Years: 1909 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2% V & MO, 2-14% AU & AG


Materials

Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): MAY BE IN SEC 27 INSTEAD OF 35

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004230 WITH RE CORD M030363 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED FROM EMPIRE AND SILVER UNION MINES . ABOUT $70,000 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1909

Comment (Development): 4 UNPATTENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): WORKED HIGH GRADE AU, AG, & PB ORES IN SMALL LOTS AND SOLD IN KIN GMAN. IN 1941 THERE WAS AN INCLINED 200 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH TUNNELS, CR OSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INSTRUSION, ICRET

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, 1924, USGS BULL 750-B

Reference (Production): DINGS, 1951; SCHRADER, 1909


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