Colorado · Mineral County
Past Producer

Emperius Mine

Mineral County, Colorado, United States
LeadSilverZincCopperCadmiumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Cadmium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsAmethyst, Anglesite, Argentite, Barite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Turgite, Wad
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1892
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10166590
MRDS IDD007967
Alternate namesChance Mining Co, Creede Mines, Commodore Mining Co., Last Chance and Pittsburg Mine Co, Emperious Mining Co., Amethyst Mine, Del Monte Mining Co., Bachelor Mine, New York Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.87061, -106.92952
References
MINERALS ENGINEERING 1980 FORM 10-K REPORT, P 3.BETHKE,BARTON AND BODINE, 1960,"TIME SPACE RELATIONSHIPS OFOWN/OP: EMPERIUS MINING CO. 1960CROSS,WHITMAN AND LARSON, 1935,A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGYSAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO:USGS BULL 843, 138EMMONS AND LARSON,GEOLOGY AND ORE,DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISCOLORADO: USGS BULL 718, 198P. (YEAR-1923)HENDERSON, 1926, MINING IN COLORADO: A HISTORY OF DISCOVERYEMENT AND PRODUCTION: USGS PROF PAPER 138, 263PKIRBY,1892, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF CREEDE AND THEIR POSSIBILITIAND MINING JOUR, V.53, NO.12, P325-326LARSON,1930, RECENT MINING DEVELOPEMENTS IN THE CREEDE DISTRCOLORADO: USGS BULL 811-B P89-112LUNT, 1924,ORE DEPOSITS AT CREEDE COLORADO: ENJ AND MINING JV.117, NO. 24, P.973.MACMECHEN, 1892, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF CREEDE,COLORADO; ENJ ANG JOURNAL, V. 53, P. 301-303.MEEVES AND DARNELL, 1968, STUDY OF THE SILVER POTENTIAL, CRETRICT,MINERAL COUNTY,COLORADO: USBM I.C. 8370, 58P.ROEDDER, 1960, PRIMARY FLUID INCLUSIONS IN SPHALERITE CRYSTATHE OH VEIN,CREEDE,COLORADO: GEOL SOC AMERICA BULL V.71,NO.2, P1958.STEVEN AND RATTE, 1960, RELATION OF MINERALIZATION TO CALDERDENCE IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS,COLORADO:SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOL SCI, USGS PROF PAPER 400-B, P.B14-STEVEN AND RATTE, 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADOPROF PAPER 487, 89P.MINERALS EINGINEERING 1980 10-K REPORT, P 3.MINERALS ENGINEERING 1974 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 21.