Golden Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062642
MRDS ID TC36176
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine
Related records 10271543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.45812, 31.8307 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI SW OF HACHITA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 28S 16W 34 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.45812, 31.8307

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 Sylvanite District

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period Pre-1910
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.21 Oz/St Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT SHAFT (1910).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references