| Deposit ID | 10044014 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231329 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eagle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Eagle, Black Eagle, Gray Eagle |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.11734, 40.58018 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1875 |
| Relative position | 11 MILES WSW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN (TOWN) NEV. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 043E | 10,03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -117.11734, 40.58018 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dewitt Thrust Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Offset Faults |
| General form | TABLULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25E |
| Dip | 60TO70W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Discoverer | G. Weber |
| Year of first production | 1937 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Hider |
| First year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231329 |
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 88.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE GRAY EAGLE, BLACK EAGLE AND BLUE EAGLE CLAIMS, LOCATED BY G. WEBER IN 1930, RELOCATED BY E. HIDER IN 1954. THEY LIE ALONG THE TRACE OF THE TRINITY FAULT ZONE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHORT ADITS, SMALL PITS AND STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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