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Grey Eagle Mine, Oatman, San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 35°1'N
Longitude: 114°22'W
‡Ref.: Ransome, F.L. (1923), Geology of the Oatman Gold District, Arizona, USGS Bull. 743: Plate 1; Gardner, E.D. (1936), Gold mining and milling in the Black Mountains, western Mohave County, Arizona, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 6901: 19; Lausen, C. (1931), Geology and ore deposits of the Oatman and Katherine Districts, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 131; MRDS file #10102578.

A former gold mine located in the east-central sec. 23, T.19N., R.20W., about ¾ mile SE of Oatman. Part of the Tom Reed Mine.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with a lenticular orebody. NNW to WNW-trending vein and fault system in Tertiary volcanic rocks. The Grey Eagle portion of the Tom Reed vein is a down-faulted segment, displaced by the Mallory fault. This fault strikes N to NW and dips steeply NE. Displacement along the dip is 500 feet.

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1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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