Eagle-Monitor Claims

The Eagle-Monitor Claims is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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

Name: Eagle-Monitor Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.