Mine detail: Gray Eagle Mine

Previously called 'Black BearSheep RunLynxCabinChipmunkMay DayGrey Eagle M. S.Claims: Grey Eagle'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.67415, -107.52176

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Hornblendic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Spring Creek Fault, Unnamed Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform; Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D009856
DEP	10013511
Reference	{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP}{Deposit:: RICKARD, FORBES, 1909, GOLD ORE NEAR NEWCASTLE, COLORADO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 99, P. 503}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.