Mount Diablo Mine

The Mount Diablo Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 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

Name: Mount Diablo Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.14694, -118.08250

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Mount Diablo Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mount Diablo Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Year Last Production: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: District Is Hounded On North By A Major Post-Mineral Fault

Type: L
Description: Alpha Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Geology): AT DEPTH THE UNOXIDIZED VEIN FILLING WAS MANGANIFEROUS FERRODOLOMITE CONTAINING PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND JAMESONITE. HOST ROCK AGE IS BASED ON FOSSIL EVIDENCE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES OCCUR AS NARROW ECHELON LENSES IN ARGILLITE AND FELSITE; OXIDIZED ORE IS MANGANIFEROUS, LIMONITIC, SILICEOUS MATERIAL; MORE SILICEOUS THAN AVERAGE OF DISTRICT. PRODUCTIVE ORE IS NEAR LOWER BORDER OF CANDELARIA SHALE.

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT TO 100 FT AND AN INCLINE BELOW THIS; JUDGING FROM HUGE DUMPS, WORKINGS MUST HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE

Comment (Deposit): THE DEEP SULFIDE ORE COULD NOT BE HANDLED IN THE 1800'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO. 4. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.

Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735, P.1-22.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.