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War Eagle

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034093
MRDS ID M020792
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.92528, 34.45864 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004N 010E 02,03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 40 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • AVG. RECOVERY OF ORE SHIPPED; 6.66 % PB, 9.34 OZ AG TON, RECOVERABLE CU AND AU IN 1952 CONCENTRATES AVERAGED; 40.50 % PB, 11.10 OZ AG/TON, .095 OZ AU/TON, MINOR COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS, OVER 7000 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 677

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1924 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 20TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 95 - 96

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 677

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULT FRACTURES THICKNESS VARIES FROM MERE SEAM TO 30 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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