The Golden Eagle Mine is a gold and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,572 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
Elevation: 6,572 Feet (2,003 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 41.68889, -116.07000
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Golden Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Trak Creek Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHOWN ON 1956 BULL RUN 15' QUAD, LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF MAGGIE GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO. CO. NEV., USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
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.
