Troy and Gray Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044384
MRDS ID M231794
Record type Site
Current site name Troy and Gray Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.52198, 38.31995 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF THE SOUTH FORK OF TROY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 057E 01 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.52198, 38.31995

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Recumbent Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N30E
    Dip 40-50E
    Length 944.88M
    Width 7.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On The East Limb Of An Anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ LENSES PARALLEL ENCLOSING SHALE BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Discoverer A. Beatty
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Old English Gold Corp.
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 3 ADITS, AND ONE WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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.