Richmond Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095368
MRDS ID M030028
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Mine
Related records 10295534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46763, 40.88489 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES S. OF GOLCONDA, BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 035N 040E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • (LOCATIONS IN CRIB FILE DO NOT COINCIDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Silver Ore

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46763, 40.88489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962 ; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1981 Lapointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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