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Golden Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045210
MRDS ID M232898
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Mine, Byers Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09121, 39.48131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 043E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT WAS CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result IN 1905 A SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.3 OUNCES GOLD AND 311 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND OTHER ASSAYED 1.3 OUNCES GOLD AND 160 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09121, 39.48131
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Joint Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5,000 WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE INCLINE FOLLOWS A VEIN ALL THE WAY DOWN. DRIFTS TO THE EAST AT DEPTHS OF 122 AND 222 FEET IN THE INCLINE SHOW THAT THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEOPSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR AND INTERRUPTED BY SEVERAL CROSS FRACTURES, SOME CONTAINING QUARTZ. IN SEVERAL PLACES THE VEIN HAS BEEN DISPLACED.
Deposit MUCH OF THE WORK WAS DONE BY THE AUSTIN GOLD MINING CO. ABOUT 1905.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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