The Eagles Nest Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,081 Feet (2,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.93611, -113.82806
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Eagles Nest Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagles Nest Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Willow Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kibbee (V.P. 1st Security Bank)
Owner Name: Tripp, Alma
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1933
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 ASSAY: 6 IN. CH. FROM STOPE, AU (2.2 OZ), AG (0.5 OZ) ALSO, 1.0 OZ AU, .5 OZ AG, 3.9 OZ AU, 0.6 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN AN 8000 FOOT FRACTURE SYSTEM
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT, INCLINE SHAFT, WATER FILLED SHAFT, PROSPECT PIT, & A WEST TRENDING ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.
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