The Blue Eagle is a antimony mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.84528, -116.37500
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Blue Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Eagle
Secondary: Villanueva
Secondary: Antimony Springs
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Antelope 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SE LAWRENCE 1963 PAGE 69
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Kermesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; 3 VEINS CONTAINING VEINLETS, CRYSTALS, AND SMALL PODS OF STIBNITE IN QUARTZ AND GOUGE.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 18 FOOT DECLINE AND TWO SHALLOW PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 1000 M
Comment (Workings): 18-FT. DECLINE; 2 SHALLOW PITS
Comment (Geology): DARK BROWN TO BLACK QUARTZITE IS CUT BY THREE VEINS. THEY CONTAIN BLEBS VEINLETS, SINGLE CRYSTALS, AND SMALL PODS OF STIBNITE IN QUARTZ AND GOUGE. THE INTERVENING QUARTZITE HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND IMPREGNATED WITH PODS AND VEINLETS OF STIBNITE. (LAWRENCE 1963)
References
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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.
