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Golden Eagle Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  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 10048240
MRDS ID M800348
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine
Related records 10186253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48047, 34.38894 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 4.6 MILES SW OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002W 16 NE OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT AND ADITS FOUND ON A BRANCH OF SLATE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48047, 34.38894
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N40e To N45e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 80 SE TO VERTICAL
    Plunge direction NORTHERLY
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS. GABBRO LOCATED 0.1 MILES EAST OF WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hansen And Zander ; Golden Eagle Mining Co.
    First year 1934
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hansen And Zander
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 100-FOOT SHAFTS, 2,000 FT OF TUNNELS. ONE 500 FT CROSSCUT GOLDEN EAGLE VEIN DEVELOPED BY 60 FT SHAFT, GOLD LEAF BY 75 FT SHAFT. DISAGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS DATA UNRESOLVED. WORKINGS MAY EXCEED 2000 FT ESTIMATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137 P.50

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY TWO VEINS. THE GOLD LEAF AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE. GOLDEN EAGLE VEIN ALONG PORPHYRY DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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