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Black Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064462
MRDS ID TC38839
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle Mine
Related records 10237029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55304, 33.88143 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MILES NE OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 013E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN EAGLE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55304, 33.88143
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

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Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1924-40.

Comments on the production information

  • $200,000; ORE: 0.39 OZ AU, 8.3 OZ AG, 136 PB, 4.5% CU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • BLACK EAGLE: 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT SUNK 650 FT WITH LEVELS EVERY 50 FT AND ABOUT 100 FT OF DRIFTWORK, AT THE 300 FT LEVEL IS A 550 FT CROSSCUT S TO THE SOUTH VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 146-7

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK EAGLE VEIN CONTACT OF QUARTZITE AND DIORITE, N70W, 85N, 4-10 FT WIDE. SOUTH VEIN: N30E, 80NE, 6 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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