The American Eagle and Cedar Vein is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.66667, -116.25000
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American Eagle and Cedar Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Eagle and Cedar Vein
Secondary: Little Giant
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Spring Tunnel
Secondary: Bay State Incline
Secondary: Eureka Incline
Secondary: American Eagle Incline
Secondary: Morey Shaft
Secondary: Windless Shaft
Secondary: Falcon Workings.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: An East-West Trending Shear Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alabandite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE KEYSER TUNNEL, AND SEVERAL SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
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.
