The Golden Eagle Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Golden Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle Mine
Secondary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: Byers Incline
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1905 A SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.3 OUNCES GOLD AND 311 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND OTHER ASSAYED 1.3 OUNCES GOLD AND 160 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT WAS CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Production): LESS THAN $5,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR AND INTERRUPTED BY SEVERAL CROSS FRACTURES, SOME CONTAINING QUARTZ. IN SEVERAL PLACES THE VEIN HAS BEEN DISPLACED.
Comment (Workings): THE INCLINE FOLLOWS A VEIN ALL THE WAY DOWN. DRIFTS TO THE EAST AT DEPTHS OF 122 AND 222 FEET IN THE INCLINE SHOW THAT THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR.
Comment (Deposit): MUCH OF THE WORK WAS DONE BY THE AUSTIN GOLD MINING CO. ABOUT 1905.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEOPSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
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.
