The Richmond Mine is a lead, copper, and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.87472, -117.57972
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Richmond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Richmond Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Co.
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Newman, Harold P.
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Segmented By Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951-REPORTED ASSAYS OF $30-$60 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS.ABOUT 75 FT OF WORKINGS IN 1922
Comment (Location): IN UNION CANYON
Comment (Production): $30,000 OF ORE WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1910-1950
Comment (Development): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL MINING CO IN 1922.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 200-201
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H.,ED.,1922, MINES HANDBOOK VOL XV, P.1209.
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.
