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Blue Eagle

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Selenium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044666
MRDS ID M232219
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle
Alternate or previous names Villanueva, Antimony Springs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37591, 39.8452 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position FIVE MILES EAST OF 3-BAR RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 050E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 1000 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kermesite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SE LAWRENCE 1963 PAGE 69

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Vinini Formation
    Rock description Vinini Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37591, 39.8452
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N55E
    Dip 70SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK BROWN TO BLACK QUARTZITE IS CUT BY THREE VEINS. THEY CONTAIN BLEBS VEINLETS, SINGLE CRYSTALS, AND SMALL PODS OF STIBNITE IN QUARTZ AND GOUGE. THE INTERVENING QUARTZITE HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND IMPREGNATED WITH PODS AND VEINLETS OF STIBNITE. (LAWRENCE 1963)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • 18-FT. DECLINE; 2 SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 18 FOOT DECLINE AND TWO SHALLOW PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN; 3 VEINS CONTAINING VEINLETS, CRYSTALS, AND SMALL PODS OF STIBNITE IN QUARTZ AND GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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