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Gold Eagle Mine (Gold Eagle prospect), Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 34°36'0"N
Longitude: 112°1'21"W
‡Ref.: Anderson, C.A. & S.C. Creasey (1958), Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 308: 176.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10109026, MRDS ID #M002763; and Dep. ID #10161589, MAS ID #0040250787.

A former underground gold mine located about 2 miles NE of Cherry. Claims extend into the W½NE¼NW¼ of sec. 15.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with ore in lenses and pods. The vein strikes N.35ºE. and dips 5º-35ºW. Ore control was faulting and shearing. Ore concentration was oxidation at near surface. No alteration was noted. An associated rock unit is the informally-named Cherry Creek Quartz Diorite, which is unfoliated.

Workings include an inclined shaft 100 feet deep that connects with drifts. Produced about 10 to 15 car of Au ore.

Mineral List

Gold
Pyrite


2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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