Mine detail: Mount Diablo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14687, -118.08344

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871
Last production ended:	1891

Geology

Host rock:	Candelaria
Host type:	Argillite,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	District Is Hounded On North By A Major Post-Mineral Fault, Alpha Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233029
DEP	10045326
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735, P.1-22.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD * METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO. 4. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)