Diamond Jim Mine

The Diamond Jim Mine is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.