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Eagle Nest Nos. 5, 6 and 7

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102197
MRDS ID FS00157
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Nest Nos. 5, 6 and 7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5009, 38.79993 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 048E 23 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINE AT TOP OF NARROW RIDGE ON NORTH SIDE OF DANVILLE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM., 1968. DOW. ASSAY. 1968. BLACK AND DEASON, SALT LAKE CITY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Rock description Lone Mountain Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5009, 38.79993
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Toiyabe

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED 1949, ONE SHAFT WEST OF 2 STOPES AND AN ADIT OVER THE CROWN OF THE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA. USDI-BM PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS INC., CONTRACT # J0295039

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Lapointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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