Mine detail: Golden Eagle Mine

Previously called 'AileenClaims: ProvidenceGolden EagleEvening StarWhite SwanVincunaTailings Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.99319, -120.87606

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS
Discovery year: 1869

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:E-W Fractures
Tectonic:Modoc Plateau
Alteration processes:Rhyolite Is Silicified Somewhat

References

MRDSW024033
DEP10110773
Reference{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., AND ERWIN, H.D., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LASSEN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 428-429.}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 231-232.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 30-38.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - LASSEN COUNTY, IN 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 149-150.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1991, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN 1990: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 10, P. 219-221.}{Deposit:: BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.