Mine detail: Empire Workings Shaft #1

Previously called 'Empire No 1 Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.10151, -110.0851

Resource(M)

Tertiary:

Copper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Abrigo Formation Cambrian Shale, Impure Limestone And Sandy Dolomite;Bolsa Quartzite
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Texas Canyon
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Formations Almost Unmetamorphosed

References

MRDS	M050001
DEP	10039380
Reference	{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER, L.T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416}{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R. 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41}{Production:: COOPER AND SILVER, 1964}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.)