| Deposit ID | 10044810 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232408 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Richmond-Eureka Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Richmond Mine, Eureka Consolidated |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99812, 39.50353 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99812, 39.50353 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ruby Hill Thrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Normal Faults Served As Channelways |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232408 |
ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA, CO NEV, N. B OF M. BULL 64
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406
NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN DOLOLMITE WHERE IT IS CUT BY FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONE. |
| Deposit | APPROXIMATELY 300,000 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED FROM 1871 TO 1939, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF OVER $4 MILLION (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. THE MINE IS ACTUALLY THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE RICHMOND MINE AND THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINE. THE MERGER TOOK PLACE IN 1905. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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