Gold Eagle

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295259
MAS/MILS ID 0320090082
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.54672, 37.95354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 040 E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.54672, 37.95354

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.4M
    Length 31M
    Width 99M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Fabbi
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Eagle Mines Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • IN THE YEARS 1965-1966, 900,000 POUNdS ZN ORE AND 700,000 POUNDS PB ORE MINES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COLUMN ONE REFERS TO INFERRRED OXIDE ORE, AND COLUMN TWO TO INFERRED SULFIDE ORE. ORE MINED IN 1965-66 IS ASSUMED TO BE OXIDE. LEAD OCCURS AS BOTH SULFIDE AND CARBONATE OR SULFATE. SILVER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAD MINERALS. OXIDIZED ZONE EXTENDS DOWN 150 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 78, PP. 56,

  • Deposit

    58, 60, 70, PT. 2.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923, PP. 77-78.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., AND MULLER, S.W., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    HAWTHORNE AND TONOPAH QUADRANGLES, 1949, USGS PROF. PAPER

  • Deposit

    216

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SW NEV., AND E.

  • Deposit

    CALIF., 1907, USGS BULL. 308.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., ORE DEPOSITS OF SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEV.,

  • Deposit

    1904, USGS BULL. 225, PP. 111-117.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS OF SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.,

  • Deposit

    1906, USGS BULL. 285, PP. 53-73.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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