Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
SecondaryLead
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault-Fracture Zones And Localized In Voids And Brecciated Zones.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Latite,Andesite
StructureVein Is Located Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1877
Last production1948
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10109632
MRDS IDM054742
Alternate namesIncludes 4 Claims of Undetermined Status American, Empire Group Patented In 1922: Principal Claims, Bonanza, Good Hope, Wyoming, Virginia No. 1, Virginia No. 2, Rose No. 1, Sunshine: Property of Empire Gold Mining and Milling Co. 1904, Treasure, Miller, Deep Down.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.94983, -107.55588
References
LINGREN,W., GRATON,L.C. AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.148-151HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-BNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAHEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141