Golden Eagle

The Golden Eagle is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,100 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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
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: 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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