Mine detail: Diamond Mine

Previously called 'Diamond-Excelsior MineConsolidated Eureka Mine'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.46576, -115.98812
dep_id: 10044777
mrds_id: M232364
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc, Gold
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Silicification Along Faults & Fissures
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement. Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table.
ore_ctrl: Intersections Of Faults & Fissures
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Jackson-Lawton Normal Fault, Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone, North-South Series Of Interconnected Caves
Year first produced: 1874
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1874
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100029, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.008
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV.,USGS PP. 406
  • Deposit:: VANDERBERG W.D.(1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C 7022
  • Production:: NOLAN,T.B., 1962
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