Anaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Latitude: 38°58'58"N
Longitude: 119°11'35"W
An open pit mine in a porphyry copper deposit. According to data extracted from USGS topo maps by Yale Peabody Museum, the name of the mine is Nevada-Empire; however, Dana cites it as the Empire-Nevada Mine.
References
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 790, 808.
- Rocks & Minerals: 21: 421.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
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