Grey Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102578
MRDS ID M004496
Record type Site
Current site name Grey Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Tom Reed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37608, 35.01946 (WGS84)
Elevation 847
Relative position 0.5 MILE SE OF OATMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N 020W 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37608, 35.01946

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Grey Eagle Portion Of The Tom Reed Vein Is A Down-Faulted Segment, Displaced By The Mallory Fault. The Mallory Fault, Strike N-Nw, Dip Steep Ne, Displacement Along Dip Is 500 Feet.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Depth to bottom 129.54M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS COMBINED WITH TOM REED GOLD MINING CO. MINES, BEN HARRISON, AZTEC, BLACK EAGLE. IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTION FOUND UNDER TOM REED, SOME PRODUCTION FOR THE GREY EAGLE WAS COMBINED WITH THE BIG JIM MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 129.54M
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 10.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 90.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREY EAGLE VEIN IS THOUGHT TO BE A PORTION OF THE TOM REED VEIN, SEPARATED FROM THE BIG JIM VEIN BY A NORMAL FAULT
Deposit SEE RECORD M004499 (TOM REED MINE) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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