Gold Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044594
MRDS ID M232100
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle, Sally Louise Claims, Silverpah, Silva Er Nugget, Lone Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48703, 37.95327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 040E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Realgar Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mule Spring Limestone
    Rock description Mule Spring Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48703, 37.95327

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 80SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In And Adjacent To Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAKER MENTIONS POSSIBILITY OF A PORPHYRY CU DEPOSIT UNDER A COVERED AREA 0.25 MILE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • IN 3 MONTHS IN 1965, PRUITT SHIPPED 3500 TONS WHICH AVERAGED 10 OZ/T AG, 8% PB, 12% ZN, 1% CU.

Comments on development

  • DAVE PRUITT WAS WORKING MINE IN 1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEV.: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A., 1965, SCOUTING REPORT ON GOLD EAGLE PROPERTY, NBMG DISTRICT FILES.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1969, MAP, NBMG DISTRICT FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N45E, 80SE TREND TO WORKINGS AND BEDDING PLANE FRACTURES IN SILICATED MULE SPRING LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY CONTACT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LIMESTONE, QUARTZ VEINS AND TACTITE. 3 INTRUSIVE ROCK PHASES SEEN ON DUMP: QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY, DIORITE, AND DIORITE PORPHYRY. PYRITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS AND ALONG FRACTURES IN ALL 3 ROCKTYPES, QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY EXHIBITS STRONG SERICITIC ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE. DIORITE AND DIORITE PORPHYRY ARE RELATIVELY FRESH. BUT HAVE POTASSIC ALTERATION ALONG FRACTURES. VERY MINOR QUARTZ VEINLET DEVELOPMENT IN INTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.