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Black Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214583
MAS/MILS ID 0080190262
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Star Tunnel, Bismark, Columbia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.55337, 39.73249 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.55337, 39.73249
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1912-24, 1941-43
    Material ore
    Ore mined 597.4mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General THE BLACK EAGLE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 34 CLAIMS COVERING 80 ACRES. (P&D 8/9/83)



THE COMPANY HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO ACQUIRE A MAJOR WORKING INTEREST IN THESE PROPERTIES. THESE PROPERTIES--THE BLACK EAGLE, THE BISMARK, AND THE COLUMBIA--ARE CONTIGUOUS PAST PRODUCERS NEAR THE STAR TUNNEL AND THE BLACK EAGLE MILL. (P&D 8/9/83)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 18-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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