Mine detail: Empire Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.77769, -114.78839

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1886

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Fault, Fractures

References

MRDS	M233881
DEP	10045977
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912, 1935)}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.