The War Eagle Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.68083, -114.69472
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War Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle Mine
Secondary: Rose O'Connell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Axinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 120 FT. DEEP; 75-FT. DRIFT TO NW ON THE 25-FT LEVEL
Comment (Development): NEARLY ALL WORK WAS DONE IN 1895-1896 BY W.T. MCARDLE. MINE WAS LAST WORKED IN 1899. 100 TONS OF ORE ON THE DUMP AVERAGE 7% CU, 4 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): SILICEOUS SYENITE DIKES OCCUR NEARBY THE DEPOSIT. TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT. THE LODE DIPS 70 DEG IN TOWARD THE CONTACT, BUT STRAIGHTENS FROM THIS POINT DOWNWARD. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 137).
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS LOCATED IN THE HANKS GROUP OF CLAIMS (HANKS NO. 1) THE MINE IS ABOUT 500 FT. OUTSIDE OF THE CONTACT, ON A BANDED LODE OR BED 8 FT. WIDE. THE LODE IS OPENED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT 120 FEET DEEP, AND A 75-FT. DRIFT TO THE NW ON THE 25 FT. LEVEL. NEARLY ALL WORK WAS DONE IN 1895-6 BY W.T. MCARDLE. MINE WAS LAST WORKED IN 1899. 100 TONS OF ORE ON THE DUMP AVERAGE 7% CU, AND 4 OZ/TON AG (SCHRADER, 1912, P 137). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
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.
