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Richardson Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044227
MRDS ID M231601
Record type Site
Current site name Richardson Mine
Alternate or previous names Mrs. Myra Richardson and Kirk Willis of Tonopah.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91674, 38.12633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1.7 MILES N-NW OF MCKINNEY TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hannapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003N 045E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY COVERS ABOUT 160 ACRES NEAR EAST EDGE OF DISTRICT, ADJOINING HANNAPAH PROPERTY ON THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Silicification, Argillization, Propylitization.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.03 OZ GOLD AND 11.5 OZ AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91674, 38.12633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • Strike N65-75W
    Dip 74N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A West Trending Shear Zone. Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Ben Richardson

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • BEN RICHARDSON SHIPPED ORE VALUED AT $15,900 BETWEEN 1922-1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 310 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 60, 107, 200, AND 260 FT. WATER IS ENCOUNTERED AT 220 FT.

Comments on development

  • MAY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED IN 1940 AS THE SILVER LEAFPROPERTY WAS CONTROLLED BY WORLD EXPLORATION CO OF FT. WORTH, TEXAS, WHO DID A LITTLE WORK IN 1927-1928 BUT SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN 1929.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 73-74

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    (NO NAME),1955, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SILVER LEAF GROUP, HANNAPAH,NYE CO,NEV: NBMG FILE 231,ITEM 1.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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