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Richmond Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222339
MAS/MILS ID 0320230481
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.57984, 38.87462 (WGS84)
Elevation 2236
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 012 N 039 E 27 NWSWSE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNION CANYON ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERLIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.57984, 38.87462
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 200.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-95 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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