The Blue Eagle is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,041 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: 3,041 Feet (927 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.59528, -115.23306
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Blue Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Eagle
Secondary: Florence
Secondary: Enterprise?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Damby
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: S
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: ASSAYED $50/TON. CONC. PRODUCED SAID TO CARRY $200-$300/TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ORE SHIPPED TO BURTON BRS. AT ROSAMOND. ALSO TREATED AT MILL ON PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 200 FT. APART, 1-2 FT. THICK
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE 1935-39. 8 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 160 FT. SHAFT, 50 FT. SHAFT, PIT AND OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.3, P.116
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: (TABULATED LIST,) CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P.26-27 PL.7
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P.443
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.36, P. 58-59
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