Mine detail: Diamond Mine

Previously called 'Diamond-Excelsior MineConsolidated Eureka Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.46576, -115.98812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Bismuth, Arsenic
Ore:	Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1874

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1874

Geology

Host rock:	Hamburg Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Jackson-Lawton Normal Fault, Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone, North-South Series Of Interconnected Caves
Alteration processes:	Silicification Along Faults & Fissures

References

MRDS	M232364
DEP	10044777
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.