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Golden Eagle Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046781
MRDS ID M241989
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71231, 37.77744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.6 MILES N 70 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 12 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF TARANTULA SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Post-Ore Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71231, 37.77744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Crushing

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 10 SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION CREDITED TO THE GOLDEN EAGLE WAS $900 WORTH PRIOR TO 1906

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS MADE FOR 200-300 FT ALONG THE WEST FACE OF ASTEEP CANYON NEAR ITS BOTTOM.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED AND RELOCATED SEVERAL TIMES. IN 1900, BONIFACIO AGUILAR, UNDERLEASE FROM H.W. BARTON TOOK OUT 30 TONS ORE AT $30/TON AND WORKED IT IN AN ARRASTRA AT COYOTE SPRINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG LINE OF QUARTZ LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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