Mine detail: Empire Claims

Previously called 'Three
*Brammier-FieldsRed Top'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.1474, -118.1918

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS, BLEBS, VEINLETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Vein; Overturned Anticlinorium; Nw Faults; Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Replacement

References

MRDS	M055414
DEP	10040587
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)