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Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045480
MRDS ID M233229
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08373, 38.56742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08373, 38.56742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEP SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bernard York

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1952-57
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 400-FOOT DRIFT WITH STOPES AS MUCH AS 100 FEET HIGH, LOCALLY TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE UP TO SEVERAL FEET THICK ALONG CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK, CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST 1,000 FEET BY PITS. COPPER STAINING LOCALLY PROMINENT IN TACTITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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