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Blue Eagle Group

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045385
MRDS ID M233097
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75734, 39.74102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE, To One Adit Shown On Topo Sheet. Actual Workings Are More Extensive

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N;022N 037E;038E 25 SE (25); SW (30) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SE HEADWATER AREA OF BERNICE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Stibnite To Yellow And White Antimony Oxides.

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.16 OZ AU, 0.04 OZ AG/TON
Result 3.21% SB
Result ANOTHER SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.06 OZ/TON AU, C43 CONT'D L 0.26 OZ/T AG., AND 21.80% SB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75734, 39.74102
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W, N50W
    Dip 30E-45E
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Gouge Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Volks, E. E.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 98.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 2 WINZES, 1 OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 83

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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