The Gold Eagle Mine is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,781 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: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.95333, -117.48611
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Gold Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Eagle Mine
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Sally Louise Claims
Secondary: Silverpah
Secondary: Silva Er Nugget
Secondary: Lone Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1967
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: Weepah Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Realgar
Comments
Comment (Development): DAVE PRUITT WAS WORKING MINE IN 1960'S
Comment (Geology): BAKER MENTIONS POSSIBILITY OF A PORPHYRY CU DEPOSIT UNDER A COVERED AREA 0.25 MILE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): N45E, 80SE TREND TO WORKINGS AND BEDDING PLANE FRACTURES IN SILICATED MULE SPRING LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY CONTACT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LIMESTONE, QUARTZ VEINS AND TACTITE. 3 INTRUSIVE ROCK PHASES SEEN ON DUMP: QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY, DIORITE, AND DIORITE PORPHYRY. PYRITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS AND ALONG FRACTURES IN ALL 3 ROCKTYPES, QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY EXHIBITS STRONG SERICITIC ALTERATION OF PLAGIOCLASE. DIORITE AND DIORITE PORPHYRY ARE RELATIVELY FRESH. BUT HAVE POTASSIC ALTERATION ALONG FRACTURES. VERY MINOR QUARTZ VEINLET DEVELOPMENT IN INTRUSIVE ROCKS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Production): IN 3 MONTHS IN 1965, PRUITT SHIPPED 3500 TONS WHICH AVERAGED 10 OZ/T AG, 8% PB, 12% ZN, 1% CU.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEV.: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 70.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A., 1965, SCOUTING REPORT ON GOLD EAGLE PROPERTY, NBMG DISTRICT FILES.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1969, MAP, NBMG DISTRICT FILES.
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.
