Mine detail: Empire (Marquette Minerals)

Previously called 'Minnesota Mine (Crown Prince, Atlantic, Comet, Comet Extension)Grace Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.77888, -105.68365

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSDC05240
MAS80190586
DEP10141589
Reference{Deposit:: REF:USGS CRIB}{Deposit:: Vanderwilt, J.W., 1947, Mineral resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, 547 p.}{Deposit:: Lovering, T. S., and Goddard, E. N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.}{Development:: USBM MINERALS TODAY, JULY 1990, P. 30.}{Reserve-Resource:: Long, K. R., DeYoung, J. H., Jr., and Ludington, S. D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, pt. B.}
ReporterMelton, Greg, Hite, Alan G., Berger, Mary A., Beach, Richard A.