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Richmond Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044428
MRDS ID M231846
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58066, 38.87464 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.6 MILES E-SE OF BERLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNION CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 1951-REPORTED ASSAYS OF $30-$60 PER TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pablo Formation
    Rock description Pablo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58066, 38.87464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Segmented By Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

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 Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newman, Harold P.
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Co.
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • $30,000 OF ORE WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1910-1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS.ABOUT 75 FT OF WORKINGS IN 1922

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL MINING CO IN 1922.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 200-201

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H.,ED.,1922, MINES HANDBOOK VOL XV, P.1209.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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