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Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008844
MRDS ID D001299
Record type Site
Current site name Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25096, 41.21656 (WGS84)
Relative position NE OF WINNEMUCCA

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)

Middle 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 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25096, 41.21656
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE ALTERED TO TACTITE ALONG GRANODIORITE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer Usgs, Hess, F.L., And Larsen, E.S.
Year of first production 1934

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period To 1947
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 424,000 TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    1917 DIREXPL HESS, FL., AND LARSON, E.S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1976 Elliott, J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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