The Gold Eagle is a lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.9536, -117.54580
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Gold Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Eagle Mines Inc.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1960
Owner Name: Peter Fabbi
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1960
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN THE YEARS 1965-1966, 900,000 POUNdS ZN ORE AND 700,000 POUNDS PB ORE MINES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): COLUMN ONE REFERS TO INFERRRED OXIDE ORE, AND COLUMN TWO TO INFERRED SULFIDE ORE. ORE MINED IN 1965-66 IS ASSUMED TO BE OXIDE. LEAD OCCURS AS BOTH SULFIDE AND CARBONATE OR SULFATE. SILVER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAD MINERALS. OXIDIZED ZONE EXTENDS DOWN 150 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT
Reference (Deposit): OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 78, PP. 56,
Reference (Deposit): 58, 60, 70, PT. 2.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1923, PP. 77-78.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., AND MULLER, S.W., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE
Reference (Deposit): HAWTHORNE AND TONOPAH QUADRANGLES, 1949, USGS PROF. PAPER
Reference (Deposit): 216
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SW NEV., AND E.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF., 1907, USGS BULL. 308.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., ORE DEPOSITS OF SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEV.,
Reference (Deposit): 1904, USGS BULL. 225, PP. 111-117.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS OF SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.,
Reference (Deposit): 1906, USGS BULL. 285, PP. 53-73.
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.
