Mine detail: Empire Workings Shaft #1

Previously called 'Empire No 1 Shaft'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.10151, -110.0851
dep_id: 10039380
mrds_id: M050001
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
work_type: Underground
alteration: Formations Almost Unmetamorphosed
ore_ctrl: Joints And Shear Surfaces
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.)
hrock_unit: Abrigo Formation Cambrian Shale, Impure Limestone And Sandy Dolomite;Bolsa Quartzite
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Texas Canyon
arock_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
References:
  • 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
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