The Black Eagle is a lead and silver mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.88167, -115.55222
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Black Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
District: Eagle Mtns.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: .30 OZ/TON, AG: 5.8 OZ/TON, CU: 2 - 6 %, PB: 4 - 9 %.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): BOTH PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE OF ORE AND CONCENTRATES, SMELTER RECOVERY AVERAGED 7.58 % PB, 3.08 OZ AG, .4 % CU, SOME GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS; THE BLACK EAGLE VEIN IS THE VEIN, APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF MALETA NO. 2 CLAIM IT INTERSECTS WITH SECOND VEIN. THIS INTERSECTION SHOWS A MINERALIZED FRACTURE AT LEAST 15 FT. IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): 550 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2,700 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 750 FT. OF RAISES
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 200 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1929 : RIVERSIDE COUNTY: 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; DIV. OF MINES, P. 474 - 476
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 ; MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 146 - 147 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , P. 600
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 600
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