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Golden Eagle Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027633
MRDS ID M003635
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58383, 33.68256 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE BONANZA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 013W 15,22,23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO ASSAYS SHOWED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: COPPER, 0.25 & 4.84%
Result SILVER, 1.32 & 2.88 OUNCES PER TON
Result GOLD, 0.48 & 1.12 OUNCES PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58383, 33.68256
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S20W
    Dip 50SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN BONANZA MINE GROUP DATA ON ABGMT-USBM FILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 DEG INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 108

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 131

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 129

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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