Silver Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085808
MRDS ID W701461
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Eagle Mine
Related records 10203082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.1483, 30.89851 (WGS84)
Relative position 21 MI (33 KM) SW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bluff Formation
    Rock description Bluff Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.1483, 30.89851

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 68 DEG. S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occurs Along The Silver Eagle Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer A.J. Nassamer (Yodina Mining Co.)
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1940
Production years 1940

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yodina Mining Co.
    First year 1947

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AND GRADE: AVERAGE GRADE OF APPROXIMATELY 12 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 1, INCLINED 65S IS 60 FT DEEP, SHAFT 2, VERTICAL, IS 32 FT; NUMEROUS TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • U. S. BUREAU OF MINES DID TRENCHING AND SHALLOW CORE DRILLING FROM 1943 TO 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 987, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USGS BULL 987, P. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN IS 4.5 FT (1.4 M). MINERALIZED ALONG STRIKE FOR AT LEAST 250 FT (80 M) AND TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 180 FT (55 M).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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