Golden Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045129
MRDS ID M232796
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07093, 41.68879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2003
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF MAGGIE SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maggie Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 053E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07093, 41.68879

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Trak Creek Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aura

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO. CO. NEV., USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWN ON 1956 BULL RUN 15' QUAD, LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF MAGGIE GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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.