North Eagle Mountain

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zeolites
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115487
MAS/MILS ID 0060271620
Record type Site
Current site name North Eagle Mountain
Alternate or previous names North Eagle Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.37727, 36.23638 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Eagle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 024 N 006 E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zeolites Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.37727, 36.23638

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-85, 1985, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    NO. 15, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENDS INTO R5 AND R63. NUMBEROUS CLAIM GROUPS, MAINLY ON PLAYA DEPOSITS OF FRANKLIN OR ALKALI LAKE(FLAT). CLAYS(BENT- ONITE) AND ZEOLITES (CLINOPTILOLITE) OCCUR WIDELY; BRINES HAVE SOME GOLD, SILVER, AND URANIUM. IN RBC 70A, 70C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.