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Diana Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047237
MRDS ID M242505
Record type Site
Current site name Diana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38003, 37.64079 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 059E 32,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MAIN PAHRANAGAT DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38003, 37.64079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ALL DUG OUT BY 1867

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115.

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867, P. 339-340

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY HIGH GRADE ORE IN FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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