Mine detail: Golden Eagle Mine

Previously called 'Gold Eagle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

63.54874, -150.939

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Birch Creek
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Kantishna Antiform

References

MRDS	A011220
DEP	10100955
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 103-104}{Deposit:: DAVIS, 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART, B. D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 128-129}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 836, P. 329-330}{Deposit:: ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 25, 32 LOC. 24, 43 NO. 24}{Deposit:: USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 7}{Deposit:: USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-26}{Deposit:: ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)