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Golden Eagle Mine

Producer in Lassen county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110773
MRDS ID W024033
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Providence, Golden Eagle, Evening Star, Aileen, White Swan, Vincuna, Tailings Placer
Related records 10260558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87606, 40.99319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 20 MI SOUTHEAST OF BIEBER, 65 MI NORTH OF SUSANVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silva Flat Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N}037N 009E}009E 01}36 NE4 (01); SE4 (36) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS EXTREMELY FINE GRAINED AS ROUNDED PARTICLES ASSOCIATED WITH PYROLUSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Rhyolite Is Silicified Somewhat

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87606, 40.99319
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N45W; N38E
    Dip 75NE; VERTICAL
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 1371.6M
  • General form VEINS
    Strike N45W; N38E
    Dip 75NE; VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discoverer J.W. Hayden And S. Lewis

Mining district

District name Hayden Hill

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Gold Corp. And Amax Gold, Inc.
    First year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • MINE DUMPS IN DISTRICT WERE WORKED BY HEAP LEACH METHODS DURING 1980'S

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 20000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.903 g/mt Gold Major 1989
    Silver Ag 5.647 g/mt Silver Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATES ARE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 254.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LEVELS OF DRIFTING

Comments on development

  • CURRENT ACTIVITIES ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHERE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS UNDER WAY IN 1990 SUBSEQUENT TO AN EARLIER DRILLING PROGRAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., AND ERWIN, H.D., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LASSEN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 428-429.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 231-232.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 30-38.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - LASSEN COUNTY, IN 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 149-150.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1991, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN 1990: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 10, P. 219-221.

  • Deposit

    BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY AS WELL. THE MANGANIFEROUS ORE OCCURS IN POCKETS IN THE VEINS. VERY MINOR PYRITE WAS FOUND IN ONE TUNNEL. DEPOSIT IS SAID TO HAVE FORMED IN A HOT SPRING ENVIRONMENT DURING MIOCENE FAULTING AND VOLCANISM AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY QUARTZ-ADULARIA VEINS, SOTCKWORKS OF VEINS, AND BRECCIA ZONES CEMENTED BY SILICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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