Mine detail: Eagle-Monitor Claims

Previously called 'Eagle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.44073, -116.87038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Dept; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust, Laramide Faults
Alteration processes:	Propylitization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M231419
DEP	10044092
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, BULL 88, PART II}{Deposit:: PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE BETTY *EAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO., NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, WO., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV.; USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7043}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.