The Diamond Mine is a silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,881 Feet (2,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.46583, -115.98722
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Diamond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Mine
Secondary: Diamond-Excelsior Mine
Secondary: Consolidated Eureka Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eureka Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1874
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Jackson-Lawton Normal Fault, Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone
Type: L
Description: North-South Series Of Interconnected Caves
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Faults & Fissures
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION PERIOD WAS 1874 TO 1897. THE OLD WORKING WERE REHABILITATED AND RENEWED EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN 1953 BY THE CONSOLIDATED EUREKA MINING CO.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Deposit): PODS, REPLACEMENT VEINS AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN BRECCIATED ZONES AT INTERSECTIONS OF FAULTS AND FISSURES, AND ASSOCIATED WITH A SYSTEM OF CAVES.
Comment (Deposit): FROM 1874 TO 1897 57,800 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $1,323,194 WERE PRODUCED FROM THE PROPERTY. THE OLD WORKINGS WERE REHABILATATED AND RENEWED EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN 1953 BY THE CONSOLIDATED EUREKA MINING CO. (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE RICH OXIDIZED ORE WAS ASSOCIATED W/A SYSTEM OF CAVES, AS PODS, REPLACEMENT VEINS AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN BRECCIATED MASSIVE DOLOMITE. A FEW AREAS OF SILICA RICH ORE WAS MINED FROM QUARTZ-GALENA-TETRAHEDRITE VEINS AND REPLACEMENT BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100029, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.008
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV.,USGS PP. 406
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBERG W.D.(1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C 7022
Reference (Production): NOLAN,T.B., 1962
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.
