The Eagle Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 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
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.58028, -117.11639
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Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Mine
Secondary: Blue Eagle
Secondary: Black Eagle
Secondary: Gray Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Hider
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABLULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Offset Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON N FORK OF COW CANYON , 1/2 MILE N OF TRINITY MINE
Comment (Production): 13 TONS ORE PRODUCED IN 1937, THAT RAN 0.03 OZ/TON AU; 4.7 OZ/TON AG AND 4.43% PB AND 2 TONS ORE IN 1942 THAT RAN 0.50 OZ/TON AU AND 26 OZ/TON AG AND 13% PB.
Comment (Workings): 5 SHORT ADITS, SMALL PITS AND STOPES
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE GRAY EAGLE, BLACK EAGLE AND BLUE EAGLE CLAIMS, LOCATED BY G. WEBER IN 1930, RELOCATED BY E. HIDER IN 1954. THEY LIE ALONG THE TRACE OF THE TRINITY FAULT ZONE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHORT ADITS, SMALL PITS AND STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 88.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER-459-B.
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.
