War Eagle Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140738
MRDS ID M030145
MAS/MILS ID 0060710279
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Bagdad Tin Prospects, Britanya Group, Eureka Tin Claims
Related records 10092529

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.92584, 34.45863 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004 N 010 E 03 C E2SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 40S
    Width 2.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:40S
    Date of Last Modification 810710

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bagdad Silver Mine Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3876, 1946, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 279, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 243, P. 677.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AS A WHOLE IS LOW GRADE. IRREGULAR LENSES OF HIGH GRADE ORE WERE ENCOUNTERED. VALUES WERE HIGH IN SILVER, BEING SILVER CHLORIDE AND BROMIDE WITH SOME GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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