The Gray Eagle Mine is a gold mine located in Garfield county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.67417, -107.52111
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Gray Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gray Eagle Mine
Secondary: Claims: Grey Eagle
Secondary: Black Bear
Secondary: Sheep Run
Secondary: Lynx
Secondary: Cabin
Secondary: Chipmunk
Secondary: May Day
Secondary: Grey Eagle M. S.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Garfield
District: Newcastle Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Donald Barker
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Years: 1946 -
Owner Name: H. H. Wallower And John Anderson
Home Office: Newcastle, Wy.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline
Type: L
Description: Spring Creek Fault, Unnamed Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CARLOAD SHIPMENTS CARRIED 1.5 TO 2.0 OZ/TON AU, 0.75
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF EAST ELK CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. MINE INACTIVE 1916-1937. NO REPORTS PRIOR TO 1938. UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 1946 BUT NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS APPARENTLY HEADING GENERALLY NORTHWEST, THE LONGEST BEING 275 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP
Reference (Deposit): RICKARD, FORBES, 1909, GOLD ORE NEAR NEWCASTLE, COLORADO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 99, P. 503
Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.
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