The Eagle-Monitor Claims is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.44083, -116.86944
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Eagle-Monitor Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle-Monitor Claims
Secondary: Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Lewis District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Dept; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust
Type: L
Description: Laramide Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SILVER WAS DICOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON BY J. GREEN AND E.J. GEORGE IN 1867. IN 1876 SEVERAL STAMP MILLS WERE ERECTED TO TREATORE FROM THE EAGLE AND STARR GROVE MINES, ITS PRODUCTION WAS FAR OUTWEIGHED BY THAT OF THE BETTY O'NEAL MINE, WHICH OPENED IN 1880. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): IN LEWIS CANYON
Comment (Development): SILVER WAS DISCOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON IN 1867.
Comment (Production): $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH, INSILVER, CHIEFLY
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, BULL 88, PART II
Reference (Deposit): PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE BETTY O'NEAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO., NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, WO., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV.; USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7043
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.
