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Empire Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044017
MRDS ID M231333
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Mine
Related records 10310309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02983, 40.60601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1625
Relative position 7 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2500 FT. SE OF SWEET MARIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02983, 40.60601
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Dewitt Thrust Fault
Local Ne-Trending Faults

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production <1918

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF COPPER PRODUCED IN EARLY DAYS AND IN 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED SHAFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231333

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME COPPER ORE WAS PRODUCED HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT, AND A FEW TONS OF SORTED ORE FROM THE DUMPS WAS SHIPPED IN 1918. PRINCIPAL SHAFT, REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 300 FEET DEEP, IS NOW CAVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology