War Eagle Mine

The War Eagle Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 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

Name: War Eagle Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.12639, -117.54917

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War Eagle Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: War Eagle Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District


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

Owner Name: Nelson, Albin L.
Home Office: Gabbs


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Shoshone Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1935-SAMPLING ASSAYED $23.53 PER TON


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS CONNECTED BY A 130 FT RAISE.


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 78-79.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAPS AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 78.


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.