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War Eagle Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044153
MRDS ID M231512
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Mine
Related records 10173829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.94258, 38.6591 (WGS84)
Elevation 2688
Relative position 1.03 MILES NE OF BARCELONA SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 045E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • 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) -116.94258, 38.6591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Contact Between Mayflower Schist And Carrara Formation Is A Fault And In Some Cases A Thrust Fault. A Major Thrust North Of The Adit Places Mayflower And Carrara Over Zabriskie Quartzite.

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Control By A Low Angle Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Flower, W. A.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT CROSSCUT ADIT (CAVED), A 75 FT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, P.123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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