Richmond

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295534
MRDS ID M030028
MAS/MILS ID 0320130031
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond
Related records 10095368

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.28956, 41.20709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 042 E 31 S2SESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC 6, T38-N-RJ2E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.28956, 41.20709

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Length 61M
    Width 0M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N75E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 150
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 3
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 431,1964,P110-111,121,PL.10

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 725-D,1921,P.302-304

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 44,1946,P.19-20,PL.9

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964 TB 6

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 6,T38N-R42E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.