Eagle-Monitor Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044092
MRDS ID M231419
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle-Monitor Claims
Alternate or previous names Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87038, 40.44073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 15 MILES S. OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 045) 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN LEWIS CANYON

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization, Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87038, 40.44073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Dept; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Laramide Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Discoverer J. Green And E.J. George

Mining district

District name Lewis District

Comments on the production information

  • $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH, INSILVER, CHIEFLY

Comments on development

  • SILVER WAS DISCOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON IN 1867.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, BULL 88, PART II

  • Deposit

    PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE BETTY O'NEAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO., NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, WO., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV.; USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7043

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER WAS DICOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON BY J. GREEN AND E.J. GEORGE IN 1867. IN 1876 SEVERAL STAMP MILLS WERE ERECTED TO TREATORE FROM THE EAGLE AND STARR GROVE MINES, ITS PRODUCTION WAS FAR OUTWEIGHED BY THAT OF THE BETTY O'NEAL MINE, WHICH OPENED IN 1880. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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.