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Eagle Roost

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086667
MRDS ID M232260
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Roost

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86701, 39.6777 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W. FLANK OF BLACK POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 054E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86701, 39.6777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE CONTAINING CERRUSITE IN DOLOMITE HOST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Diamond District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bay, J. L.
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND PIT

Comments on development

  • 30-FT. ADIT AND 45 FT. PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 64

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ALONG A VEIN/SHEAR ZONE CONTAIN CERRUSITE
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FOOT ADIT AND 45 FT. PIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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