The Diamond is a silver and gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,251 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: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.54833, -122.58667
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Diamond MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond
Secondary: Black Prince
Secondary: Black Diamond
Secondary: Dayton.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Igo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Commodity): HIGH-GRADE SULFIDE ORE BELOW OXIDIZED ZONE
Comment (Production): RETURN VALUE FROM SMELTER $50/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER ( 1916 ); NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL VEINS WORKED ON 11 CLAIMS; SEVERAL SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; ONE ADIT 400 FT. WITH STOPE ON BLACK PRINCE VEIN; ORE SHOOT 2 X 100 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 4 PARALLEL VEINS ON AND NEAR CONTACT OF META-ANDESITE HANGING WALL AND GRANITE FOOT WALL.
Comment (Deposit): BLACK PRINCE AND THE BLACK DIAMOND ARE TWO PRINCIPAL CLAIMS OF THE SOUTH FORK MINING AND MILLING COMPANY'S MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P 784
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 12 , P 377
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 13 , P 355
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
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