Grey Eagle Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048242
MRDS ID M800352
Record type Site
Current site name Grey Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Gray Eagle, Grey Eagle Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0313, 34.59477 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.0 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERRY ARIZONA, Utm Coordinated Approximate Only

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 003E 16 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LOCATION DATA ONLY-UTM COORDINATED TO CENTER OF EAST HALF OF SECTION 16. MAY POSSIBLY BE NEAR BUGLER MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description None-Quartz Diorite Massive And Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PROTEROZOIC AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. G. Allen And Others
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 308, GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUP OF MINES IN AREA WORKED BY H.G. ALLEN. GREY EAGLE MAY BE NEAR BUGLER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.