| 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: | -114.37608, 35.01946 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 847 |
| Relative position | 0.5 MILE SE OF OATMAN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019N | 020W | 23 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -114.37608, 35.01946 |
|---|
| 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. |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | 70 NE |
| Depth to bottom | 129.54M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Francisco District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 129.54M |
| Overall length | 243.84M |
| Overall width | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004496 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150095 |
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.
LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 101.
WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 90.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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