Double Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102459
MRDS ID M002542
Record type Site
Current site name Double Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Leaf
Related records 10134603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10521, 32.54453 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position SOUTHERN END OF THE WELLTON HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellton SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 018W 22 CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10521, 32.54453

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Here The Gneiss Has Been Broken By Several Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING
    Strike N70W
    Dip 30 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Main Double Eagle Vein Occurs Within The Footwall Portion Of The Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Posa District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Luke Air Force Range

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1886-1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.8 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.3 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 23g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 45g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON THE MAIN VEIN CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND A SHORT ADIT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM LATE 1880'S TO EARLY 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 173

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 160

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 174. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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