Diamond

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

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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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