Gold Eagle

The Gold Eagle is a lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.