Mine detail: Gray Eagle Mine

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

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Location: Garfield County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.67415, -107.52176
dep_id: 10013511
mrds_id: D009856
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Hornblendic Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
Structure: White River Uplift, Grand Hogback Monocline, Spring Creek Fault, Unnamed Normal Faults
tectonic: Colorado Platform; Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1909
yr_lst_prd: 1941
disc_yr: 1909
References:
  • 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.
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