The Diadem Claim is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.48556, -120.85833
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Diadem Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diadem Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN ON CONTACT OF SERPENTINE & SLATY SCHIST DIPS STEEPLY W. SHEAR ZONE EXPOSED IN CREEK BED STRIKES N, DIPS STEEPLY W, & IS PROBABLY SAME AS CROPS OUT W OF AMETHYST SHAFT.
Comment (Location): UTM N FORK OF OREGON CREEK
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $20,000.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P 176 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC 1918 , P 82 .
Reference (Production): FERGUSON & GANNETT, 1932
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