The Golden Eagle Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.38889, -112.47972
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Mine Description
The Golden Eagle property of eight claims, held by C. M. Zander and R. M. Hansen, is on a branch of Slate Creek, in the western portion of the Bradshaw Mountains. By road, it is 5 miles from the Senator Highway and from Prescott.
Part of this ground was located in 1880. Developments consist of about 2,000 feet of tunnels and two 100-foot shafts. Surface equipment includes a power plant and a 25-ton concentrator, equipped with a ball mill, amalgamation plates, and a table. The U. S. Mineral Resources state that a small production was made by the property in 1925 and 1926.
Here, the rock is Yavapai schist, intruded on the east by a mass of diorite. As most of the surface is covered by dense brush, surface exposures are poor. Work has been done on several veins which generally strike northeastward and dip nearly vertically SE. They typically consist of small lenses and scattered bunches of grayish-white quartz in shear zones. In places, the quartz contains small irregular masses and disseminations of pyrite and chalcopyrite. The gold occurs both in the sulphides, particularly the chalcopyrite, and in fractures in the quartz.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Golden Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hansen And Zander
Years: 1934 -
Owner Name: Hansen And Zander ; Golden Eagle Mining Co.
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N40e To N45e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS. GABBRO LOCATED 0.1 MILES EAST OF WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY TWO VEINS. THE GOLD LEAF AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE. GOLDEN EAGLE VEIN ALONG PORPHYRY DIKE
Comment (Workings): TWO 100-FOOT SHAFTS, 2,000 FT OF TUNNELS. ONE 500 FT CROSSCUT GOLDEN EAGLE VEIN DEVELOPED BY 60 FT SHAFT, GOLD LEAF BY 75 FT SHAFT. DISAGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS DATA UNRESOLVED. WORKINGS MAY EXCEED 2000 FT ESTIMATE
Comment (Location): SHAFT AND ADITS FOUND ON A BRANCH OF SLATE CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137 P.50
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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