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Golden Eagle

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037333
MRDS ID M032009
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle
Related records 10173566

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47584, 37.9044 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF PIOCHE, Within 750 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 67E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S APPROXIMATED, IN GENERAL VICINITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47584, 37.9044
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rocks Are Complexly Faulted

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ORE RESEMBLES THE ORE IN THE PRINCE & CASELTON MINES OCCURS AT 8 LAYERS IN THE LOWER PART OF HIGHLAND PEAK AND PIOCHE SHALE ROCKS COMPLEXLY FAULTED AND CUT BY GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 63 SHIPMENTS OF ORE REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    USBM 1983, MILS DATA

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND OTHERS, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-79 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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