The Diamond Jim Mine is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Diamond Jim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Jim Mine
Secondary: Mardis Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Creek Silver Mines; Stephen Carlquist, Pres.; Mtn. City Hgwy, Elko, Nv 89801
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Gold Creek Silver Mines; Stephen Carlquist, Pres.; Mtn. City Hgwy, Elko, Nv. 89801
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northwest Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE N. B. OF M. DISTRICT FILES, ITEM 3 FILE61
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, VAULT ZONE. ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER AND LEAD SULPHIDES IN A QUARTZ GANGUE WHICH OCCURS AS CAVITY FILLINGS AND MINOR REPLACEMENTS IN SMALL POCKETS, VEINS, STRINGERS AND LENSES, ALL SUBPARALLEL TO A FAULT
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT; OPEN PIT
Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1954 BY THE DIAMOND JIM MINING CO. OF SALT LAKE CITY. IT WAS LISTED IN 1980 AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD-SILVER MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS
Comment (Geology): THE ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER & LEAD SULPHIDES IN A QUARTZ GANGUE WHICH OCCURS AS CAVITY FILLINGS AND MINOR REPLACEMENTS IN SMALL POCKETS, VEINS, STRINGERS, AND LENSES IN A ZONE 9 FT. THICK. THE VEIN IS SUBPARALLEL TO A FAULT BETWEEN PHYLLITE ALONG THE HANGING WALL, AND THE PROSPECT MTN. QUARTZITE WHICH FORMS THE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Deposit): WORK ON THE PROPERTY BEGAN IN 1954 BY THE DIAMOND JIM MINING CO. OF SALT LAKE CITY. AN OPEN CUT WAS MADE ALONG A FAULT W/ORE BEING INTERSECTED AT ABOUT 75 FT. A SKETCH MAP OF THE AREA WAS DONE BY W. W. CHARLES IN 1920 AND IS ON FILE IN THE MINING DISTRICT FILES, N. B. OF M. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMIT H, (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 67
Reference (Deposit): CHARLES (W. W.) 1920, NOTES ON FIELD INVESTIGATION OF MARDIS ELKO PROPERTY, N. B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, (1981) DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN NEVADA IN 1980
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.
