The Golden Eagle is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.68083, -122.84667
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Golden Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Indian Creek
Secondary: Sheba
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Deadwood
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE FROM W-DIPPING VEIN SAID TO RUN $14/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED PRIOR TO 1900. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MINE OWNER, GEORGE A. MILNE, ABOUT 1935, STATED THAT BEST WAY TO OPEN UP NEW ORE WAS TO SINK SHAFT & OPEN UP ORE SHOOT BELOW STOPE 200 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): STEEP INCLINE, 750 FT. ADIT MORE THAN 2000 FT. OF WORK DONE ON LOWEST LEVEL. MILLSITE, SEVERAL DWELLINGS. SEE DIAGRAM IN AVERILL (1931).
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): 4 VEINS, AVG. 2 FT. THICK BEST ORE CAME FROM STOPE 200 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT. INTRUSIVE DIKE IN VEIN FOR SHORT DISTANCE, FORMS HANGING WALL OF VEIN IN OTHER PLACES. THUS, VEIN FORMATION FOLLOWED DIKE FORMATION. 3 VEINS DIP E, ONE DIPS W.
Comment (Geology): DIKE IN WHICH SHAFT IS LOCATED THOUGHT BY MILNE TO BE LATER THAN PERIOD OF MINERALIZATION THAT PRODUCED ORE.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED. 37 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 832.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 440-441.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 37-38
Reference (Deposit): 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 143-144
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964)
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 283
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