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American Eagle

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034005
MRDS ID M020675
Record type Site
Current site name American Eagle
Alternate or previous names New American Eagle
Related records 10140700, 10165342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4908, 34.30615 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MILES NORTH OF VIDAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 024E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4908, 34.30615
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whipple Mtn.

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO CARRY 2 - 10 % CU, GOLD VALUES FROM $2 - $20 PER TON ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 6.35 % CU, $6 AU/TON, AND 65 - 75 % SILICA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 222.5M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 FT. SHAFT, SOME DRIFTS TOTALING 600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 206 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 430 .

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 430 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS, 6 - 12 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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