The Diamond Joe Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,241 Feet (988 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.00111, -112.60361
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Diamond Joe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Joe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: L. Emmons And R. Krug
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1946
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically Related (?) Dikes) Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FOR UTM MEASURED TO CENTER OF SHAFT AND ADIT ON EAST SIDE OF INTERMITTANT STREAM; ANOTHER SHAFT, INDICATED BY MINE WORKINGS SYMBOL, IS SLIGHTLY SOUTH, TO WEST OF STREAM
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 10 CLAIMS; MOST RECENT OWNER HOLDS SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIMS, INCLUDING CALCITE NO. 1 AND NO. 2; MINE LOCATED ON CHARLES NO. 1, 2, 4, AND 5
Comment (Workings): THREE SHAFTS (NO. 2 AND NO. 3 ARE VERTICAL, NO. 1 IS INCLINED); ALL ARE CONNECTED UNDERGROUND
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERT AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPING FILES
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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