Mine detail: Gray Eagle No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'Gray Eagle'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.08372, -120.02589

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Methow Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M056778
DEP	10041636
Reference	{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHNGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 140.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 203.}
Reporter	Greene, Robert, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, R.C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.