The Double Eagle Mine is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 699 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: 699 Feet (213 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.54444, -114.10444
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Double Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Double Eagle Mine
Secondary: Gold Leaf
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: La Posa District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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.
Administrative Organization: Luke Air Force Range
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1934
Time Period: 1886-1934
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.8 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.3 % Cu
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LENSING
Structure
Type: L
Description: Here The Gneiss Has Been Broken By Several Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM LATE 1880'S TO EARLY 1930'S.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THE MAIN VEIN CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND A SHORT ADIT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 173
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 160
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 174. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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