Mineral Resource Map
Mine detail: Empire Mine
Previously called 'Empire Vein'
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Location
| Lat / long: | 34.46727, -112.42241 |
Resource(M)
| Primary: | Copper, Gold |
| Secondary: | Silver, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold |
| Gangue: | Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1877 |
Production
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1912 |
| Last production ended: | 1941 |
Geology
| Host rock: | Green Gulch Volcanics |
| Host type: | Slate,Meta-Basalt,Amphibolite,Rhyolite |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite,Basalt |
| Structure: | Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e, Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S |
| Alteration processes: | Minor |
References
| MRDS | M800338 |
| DEP | 10048236 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 114}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 33}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-997} |
| Reporter | Dewitt, Ed H. |