| Deposit ID | 10039464 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050121 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Eagle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | American Eagle Basin |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.49624, 32.74954 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1113 |
| Relative position | 14 MI NE OF SAN MANUEL, 0.5 MI SE OF CHILDS-ALDWINKLE MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rhodes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 018E | 11 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||
| Rock unit name | Copper Creek Granodiorite | ||
| Rock description | Copper Creek Granodiorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| (1) | -110.49624, 32.74954 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Block Faulting Trending Nnw |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Strong Zone Of Faulting Striking E-W And Cut By Cross Faults Strik Ing N60e & N20e |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60E |
| Dip | 70N |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 762M |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bunker Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050121 |
SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461
WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378
GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 25
KUHN, 1941, ECON. GEOL. V. 36, NO. 5, P. 522
SIMONS, 1954
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WHERE VEIN IS 50 FT WIDE (300 LEVEL) ONLY 6 FT IS ORE GRADE. ROCK IS NOT LEACHED. WHERE VEIN IS 30-49 FT WIDE (200 LEVEL) 18 FT IS ORE GRADE NEAR TOP, 6-18 FT WIDE VEIN IS ALL ORE |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050121 WITH RE CORD M030467 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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