The Mt. Diablo Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,224 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,224 Feet (1,897 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.14861, -118.08083
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Mt. Diablo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mt. Diablo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Argentum Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Alpha Fault Cuts Vein Group In Lower Levels. Diablo Grit Bed Structurally Repeated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE MILLED IN 1883 MUST HAVE CARRIED $65 /TON, OR ROUGHLY 60 OZ. AG/TON. FROM 1883 TO 1891 , THE GRADE HAD FALLEN ONE HALF.
Comment (Location): HEAD OF PICKHANDLE GULCH
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS OXIDIZED MANGANIFEROUS, LIMONITIS, SILICEOUS MATERIAL TYPICAL OF THE DISTRICT; IT IS, HOWEVER, SOMEWHAT MORE SILICEOUS THAN THE AVERAGE
Comment (Deposit): LENSES LYING EN E'CHELON, IN PLACES THREE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER, IN A ZONE APPROX. 100 FEET WIDE
Comment (Workings): HUGE DUMP INDICATIVE OF EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. INCLINE EXITS DIPPING 48 N FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE EASTWARD TERMINATION OF VEINS, AT THE GROUND SURFACE, APPROX. COINCIDES WITH THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF CARBONITIZED ZONE. ARGILLITE IS INTERBEDDED WITH AT LEAST TWO BELTS OF FELSITE CUT BY DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS, BULL. 735
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56
Reference (Deposit): 1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. PP. 137 - 157
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): 1922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 23
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
