The Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley is a tungsten and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Name: Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
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Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Osgood Range Deposits: Richmond, Porvenir, Kirby, Granite Creek, Riley
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: To 1947
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE ALTERED TO TACTITE ALONG GRANODIORITE CONTACT
Comment (Production): FROM 424,000 TONS ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): 1917 DIREXPL HESS, FL., AND LARSON, E.S
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
