Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -117.11734, 40.58018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 11 MILES WSW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN (TOWN) NEV.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 10,03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON N FORK OF COW CANYON , 1/2 MILE N OF TRINITY MINE

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11734, 40.58018

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Offset Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABLULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 60TO70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Trinity Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer G. Weber
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. Hider
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • 13 TONS ORE PRODUCED IN 1937, THAT RAN 0.03 OZ/TON AU; 4.7 OZ/TON AG AND 4.43% PB AND 2 TONS ORE IN 1942 THAT RAN 0.50 OZ/TON AU AND 26 OZ/TON AG AND 13% PB.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHORT ADITS, SMALL PITS AND STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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