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Nevada Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046826
MRDS ID M242041
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29258, 37.71273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma 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 003S 042E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF GOLDFIELD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Pozo
    Rock description Pozo
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29258, 37.71273
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DESTROYED, REMAINS ONLY DUMPS AND LEACH PADS.

Comments on development

  • ENTIRE AREA ESPLORED BOTH SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE WITHIN PAST 1-3 YEARS, (1983)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 54

  • Deposit

    USBM MILS DATA 1978

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 16 MAY 83.

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, P. 54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING EXPLORE FAULT ZONE IN MUDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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