The Gray Eagle is a copper mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.86333, -123.37111
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Gray Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gray Eagle
Secondary: Dakin
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Happy Camp
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1943 - 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK IS PROBABLY A TUFF EQUIVALENT TO ROGUE FM. (SIL-JUR). ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS IN AN ORE ZONE WHICH VARIES IN WIDTH, AND CARRIES ORE ALONG FRACTURE PLANES NORMAL TO THE COUNTY ROCK.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC.; TOPO. SHOWS THE MINE IN SEC. 14, NOT 4
Comment (Production): NO VALUES: OVER 1,000,000 TONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OUT BY 1919 . REOPENED IN 1941 BY GRAY EAGEL COPPER.
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN OVERLIES ORE BODY
Comment (Workings): 32 CLAIMS; MAIN ADIT NO. 7 OVER 10,000 FT. OF WORKINGS AT THIS LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1935 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 272 - 273.
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 354 , P. 703.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , MINES AND MINERALS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 43 , NO. 4 , P. 425.
Reference (Production): O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , P. 425
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