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Gray Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013511
MRDS ID D009856
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Grey Eagle, Black Bear, Sheep Run, Lynx, Cabin, Chipmunk, May Day, Grey Eagle M. S.
Related records 10142042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.52176, 39.67415 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 7 MILES N 5 E FROM NEW CASTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Creek Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 090W 29,30 W2 (29); E2 (30) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF EAST ELK CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result CARLOAD SHIPMENTS CARRIED 1.5 TO 2.0 OZ/TON AU, 0.75

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Hornblendic Gneiss
    Rock description Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Hornblendic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.52176, 39.67415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Spring Creek Fault, Unnamed Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Newcastle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. H. Wallower And John Anderson
    Home office Newcastle, Wy.
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald Barker
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. MINE INACTIVE 1916-1937. NO REPORTS PRIOR TO 1938. UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 1946 BUT NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS APPARENTLY HEADING GENERALLY NORTHWEST, THE LONGEST BEING 275 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP

  • Deposit

    RICKARD, FORBES, 1909, GOLD ORE NEAR NEWCASTLE, COLORADO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 99, P. 503

  • Production

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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