The Golden Eagle is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.90444, -114.47500
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Golden Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: District
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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rocks Are Complexly Faulted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): 63 SHIPMENTS OF ORE REPORTED
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED ORE RESEMBLES THE ORE IN THE PRINCE & CASELTON MINES OCCURS AT 8 LAYERS IN THE LOWER PART OF HIGHLAND PEAK AND PIOCHE SHALE ROCKS COMPLEXLY FAULTED AND CUT BY GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE
Comment (Location): UTM'S APPROXIMATED, IN GENERAL VICINITY
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND OTHERS, 1970
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
