Mine detail: Empire Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.69848, -115.28484

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, LENSES, BUNCHES

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007840
MAS	160390022
DEP	10070008
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 31}{Deposit:: Wagner, W.R.T., 1939, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar District, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 32 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65 P. 30}
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Steigner, William D., Siefken, Robert R.