Mine detail: War Eagle Mine

Previously called 'Rose
*onnell'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.68074, -114.69561

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Copper
Gangue:	Axinite, Garnet, Jasper
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1895

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M233847
DEP	10045948
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.