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Diamond Mine

Past Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288046
MAS/MILS ID 0080650162
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Mine
Alternate or previous names Diamond Shaft, Diamond-Resurrection Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -106.217, 39.25971 (WGS84) 3414 10
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Main Entrance -106.217, 39.25971 (WGS84) 3414 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is 4-1/4 miles east of Leadville, near the head of Evans Gulch, in the NW/4 NW/4 sec. 22, T 9 S, R 79 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ore occurs in both oxidized and sulfide blanket or manto (replacement) bodies and in veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Leadville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leadville Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jv (Leadville Corp. And Canuc Resources Copr.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Comments on the production information

  • Historic production from Diamond-Resurrection totals about 1.3 million tons of oxide ore from 1879 to 1917, and 0.95 million tons of sullfide ore from 1936 to 1956. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reported mineable reserves at Diamond-Resurrection Consolidation of almost 950,000 tons grading 0.33 oz/ton gold, 3.51 oz/ton silver, 4.2% lead, and 2.3% zinc. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comments on development

  • The Diamond and Resurrection mines and surrounding mining claims have been consolidated in ownership, the Diamond shaft and support buildings have been rehabilitated, and reserves have been verified. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO SHEET CLIMAX QUAD.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, N34, AUG. 21, 1996, P14.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P173.

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

  • Deposit

    Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 24-FEB-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 20-AUG-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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