| Deposit ID | 10044777 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232364 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Diamond Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Diamond-Excelsior Mine, Consolidated Eureka Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.98812, 39.46576 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2402 |
| Relative position | FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tetrahedrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.98812, 39.46576 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Jackson-Lawton Normal Fault, Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North-South Series Of Interconnected Caves |
| General form | TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232364 |
ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100029, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.008
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV.,USGS PP. 406
VANDERBERG W.D.(1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C 7022
NOLAN,T.B., 1962
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PODS, REPLACEMENT VEINS AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN BRECCIATED ZONES AT INTERSECTIONS OF FAULTS AND FISSURES, AND ASSOCIATED WITH A SYSTEM OF CAVES. |
| Deposit | FROM 1874 TO 1897 57,800 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $1,323,194 WERE PRODUCED FROM THE PROPERTY. THE OLD WORKINGS WERE REHABILATATED AND RENEWED EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN 1953 BY THE CONSOLIDATED EUREKA MINING CO. (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 08/24/2017 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2601524 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Diamond Mine |
| Current operator | Small Mine Development, LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Keith Jones |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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