Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlComplex Faulting, Folding
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Lead
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureFaulting, Folding
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10045580
MRDS IDM233349
Alternate namesEagle Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.52658, -116.00674
References
EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES,NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408.GRANGER, A. E., ET ALL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULLETIN 54.KETNER, K. B., AND SMITH, JR., J. F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROAD MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULLETIN 1162-B