Mine detail: Empire Claims

Previously called 'Three *Brammier-FieldsRed Top'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.1474, -118.1918
dep_id: 10040587
mrds_id: M055414
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS, BLEBS, VEINLETS
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Replacement
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Vein; Overturned Anticlinorium; Nw Faults; Shear Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
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