The Mount Diablo Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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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: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.14694, -118.08250
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Mount Diablo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Diablo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Year Last Production: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: District Is Hounded On North By A Major Post-Mineral Fault
Type: L
Description: Alpha Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Geology): AT DEPTH THE UNOXIDIZED VEIN FILLING WAS MANGANIFEROUS FERRODOLOMITE CONTAINING PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND JAMESONITE. HOST ROCK AGE IS BASED ON FOSSIL EVIDENCE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES OCCUR AS NARROW ECHELON LENSES IN ARGILLITE AND FELSITE; OXIDIZED ORE IS MANGANIFEROUS, LIMONITIC, SILICEOUS MATERIAL; MORE SILICEOUS THAN AVERAGE OF DISTRICT. PRODUCTIVE ORE IS NEAR LOWER BORDER OF CANDELARIA SHALE.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT TO 100 FT AND AN INCLINE BELOW THIS; JUDGING FROM HUGE DUMPS, WORKINGS MUST HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE
Comment (Deposit): THE DEEP SULFIDE ORE COULD NOT BE HANDLED IN THE 1800'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO. 4. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.
Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735, P.1-22.
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.
