Diamond Mine

The Diamond Mine is a gold, lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Lake county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Diamond Mine
Secondary: Diamond Shaft
Secondary: Diamond-Resurrection Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Lake
District: Leadville

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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Type: Other

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Jv (Leadville Corp. And Canuc Resources Copr.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Leadville Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): The Diamond and Resurrection mines and surrounding mining claims have been consolidated in ownership, the Diamond shaft and support buildings have been rehabilitated, and reserves have been verified. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comment (Geology): Ore occurs in both oxidized and sulfide blanket or manto (replacement) bodies and in veins.

Comment (Location): Mine is 4-1/4 miles east of Leadville, near the head of Evans Gulch, in the NW/4 NW/4 sec. 22, T 9 S, R 79 W.

Comment (Production): Historic production from Diamond-Resurrection totals about 1.3 million tons of oxide ore from 1879 to 1917, and 0.95 million tons of sullfide ore from 1936 to 1956. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reported mineable reserves at Diamond-Resurrection Consolidation of almost 950,000 tons grading 0.33 oz/ton gold, 3.51 oz/ton silver, 4.2% lead, and 2.3% zinc. (Sunshine files, 2000)

References

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, N34, AUG. 21, 1996, P14.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P173.

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO SHEET CLIMAX QUAD.

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