The War Eagle Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.37444, -112.39167
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War Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Turkey Creek District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Grant And Erikson
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Year Last Production: 1949
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granodiorite And Gabbro-Diorite Rather Massive
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N-S To Nne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1760.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM (8) IS ESTIMATED FROM $25,000 GOLD PRODUCTION AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE-DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 150
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102
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