Empire Nevada M & S Co.

The Empire Nevada M & S Co. is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Empire Nevada M & S Co.

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Alvin J. Smith
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION BASED ON WEAK DESCRIPTION

Comment (Production): EST. PROD. 75 TONS PER WEEK OF 10 PERCENT CU ORE IN 1912

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PITS AND ADITS EXPLOTING OXIDE, CARBONATE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION

Comment (Geology): "FAIR" GRADE CU CARBONATE, SILICATE AND PYRITE IN PORPHYRITIC GANGUE

Comment (Deposit): "AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR WALKER RIVER TOWARD THE FOOTHILLS INCLUDING LOW HILLS AND A FLAT" COMPANY BELIEVED TO HAVE INCORPORATED NUMEROUS OTHER CLAIMS AND HOLDINGS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. A SEGMENT OF THESE CLAIMS LATER BECAME PART OF ANACONDAS YERINGTON OPEN PIT OPERATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): MARCH 16 , 1907 , MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): AUGUST 10 , 1912 , MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

Reference (Production): F (3)

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.