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Red Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046513
MRDS ID M241683
Record type Site
Current site name Red Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Snowflake No. 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05499, 37.89691 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MILE SW OF JENNIE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 071E 32 SE4 OF SW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF BUCK MOUNTAIN AT 1800'-2000' DOWNSLOPE AND SOUTHEAST OF, AND AT 1000' MAP DISTANCE WEST OF AND OVERLAPPING LINCOLN CO., NV AND IRON CO., UT COUNTY/STATE LINE(S). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05499, 37.89691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone?, Brecciation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WAS DRIVEN INTO BUCK MOUNTAIN TO INTERSECT THE SNOWFLAKE MINE VEIN. ADIT GOES S 70 W FOR 70 FT. AT 10 FT DEPTH, WORKINGS FOLLOW A CALCITE ZONE S30W FOR 45 FT WITH SOME STOPING. AT 45 FT FROM THE PORTAL A DRIFT IS DRIVEN S45W FOR ABOUT 90 FT, CROSS-CUTTING AND INTERSECTIONG A FAULT WHERE THERE IS SOME STOPIING. ALSO PRESENT ARE SOME PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOL., VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23-49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE ZONE-BLADED CALCITE WITH MUCH QUARTZ AND HEMATITE. ALSO, A FAULT ZONE CONTAINING CLAY AND HEMATITE ON THE HANGING WALL OF WHICH THERE IS A ZONE OF MASSIVE CALCITE WITH SOME QUARTZ. THE CALCITE IS BRECCIATED ALONG THE FAULT AND HAS BEEN RECEMENTED WITH CALCITE, SOME STOPING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE CALCITE ON THE HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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