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Black Eagle

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10076615
MRDS ID W023736
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle
Related records 10261029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04148, 36.82079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF KEARSARGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bee Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 036E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.04148, 36.82079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATERIAL IS QUARTZOSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1901 - 1917 , 1938

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED OVER $20,000 IN GOLD - SILVER BETWEEN 1901 - 1917 . 1938 : LEAD - SILVER ORE SHIPPED, ASSAYED; 27 OZ AG, 1.5 % PB, ALSO GOLD AND COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. SHAFT AND 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 456

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1928 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION, REPT. 22 OF STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR. VOL. 22 , NO. 4 , P. 466

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 384 - 385 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 456 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 45 ACRES.
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS, ONE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, IT OCCURS ON CONTACT OF GRANITE AND LIMESTONE. DIPS NEAR VERTICAL, SLIGHT INCLINATION TO SOUTH. NE OF SHAFT, VEIN SPLITS, WEST BRANCH STRIKES N 50 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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