The Blue Eagle Group is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.74111, -117.75639
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Blue Eagle Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Eagle Group
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Bernice 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
Owner Name: Volks, E. E.
Years: 1956 -
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Stibnite To Yellow And White Antimony Oxides.
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANOTHER SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.06 OZ/TON AU, C43 CONT'D L 0.26 OZ/T AG., AND 21.80% SB.
Analytical Data: 3.21% SB
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.16 OZ AU, 0.04 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN SE HEADWATER AREA OF BERNICE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, 2 WINZES, 1 OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 61.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 83
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.
