Anaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Ref.: 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.
A copper mine. 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.
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Map Reference: 38°58'58"N , 119°11'35"W
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