Blue Eagle

The Blue Eagle is a antimony mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 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: Blue Eagle  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

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

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.