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New American Eagle Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165342
MRDS ID M020675
MAS/MILS ID 0060711252
Record type Site
Current site name New American Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names American Eagle Mine, New American Eagle, American Eagle
Related records 10034005, 10140700

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.4941, 34.30614 (WGS84)
Elevation 592
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

Whipple Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003 N 024 E 31 SENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.4941, 34.30614
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Hal Oxnevad
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1918
    Inferred 816mt ore
    Total resources 816mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.17 wt-pct Copper Major 1918
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1918
    Inferred 1175mt ore
    Total resources 1175mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.61 wt-pct Copper Major 1918
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1948
    Inferred 81650mt ore
    Total resources 81650mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.8 wt-pct Copper Major 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    CALIF. MIN. BUR. BULL. 50, P. 337.

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, M. C., ET AL, 1915, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, PART

  • Deposit

    VI, CHAPT. 1, IN REPORT XV OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST-

  • Deposit

    MINE AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA,

  • Deposit

    P. 784.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO

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    COUNTY, IN REPORT XXVII OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF.

  • Deposit

    DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 266.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIF-

  • Deposit

    ORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. OF MINES BULL.

  • Deposit

    144, PART 3, P. 298.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ET. AL, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, P. D., 1918, AMERICAN EAGLE MINE: UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE REPORT, 11 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 38-41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. U.S. BUR. MINES STATISTICAL FILES SHOW PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1912, 1918, 1919, AND 1935.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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